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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Can someone help to explain "Some token attribution ought to do it" in this paragraph?

It can be easy for busy presenters to give copyright concerns short shrift; after all, there are deadlines to hit and rehearsals to do. And sometimes that article you read last week in Forbes Magazine or that photo you downloaded from the Web yesterday fits perfectly into the presentation you're giving — tomorrow. Copyright permission? Who has time? Some token attribution ought to do it, you figure. Surely the copyright owners will welcome the free advertising, right? And what are the chances that they'll even find out?

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It means that it would be fine to just briefly mention the source of information you use in your work, rather than giving it/the person full credit using something like MLA or Chicago style citations. Just make some small reference to it. Token means a small representation of something here.

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  • It means that it would be fine to just briefly mention the source of information you use in your work, rather than giving it/the person full credit using something like MLA or Chicago style citations.
  • Just make some small reference to it.
  • Token means a small representation of something here.
  • Attribution means to attribute to or give credit to.
  • Ought to do it means that it should be a sufficient effort.
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It means that it would be fine to just briefly mention the source of information you use in your work, rather than giving it/the person full credit using something like MLA or Chicago style citations. Just make some small reference to it.

Token means a small representation of something here.

Attribution means to attribute to or give credit to.

Ought to d
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Thank you so much! Your reply helps a lot. I suppose "ought to do it" means "may work or be enough".
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Anonymous I suppose "ought to do it" means "may work or be enough".
Right.
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