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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Intext citation

Bernie claimed it was "The largest such fraud in history."(Forbes.com).

Is this right or does the quote need another quotation mark around it because its already quoted on a website. Also does the (Forbes.com) need quotation marks or is it ok as it is?
  

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I would write Bernie claimed it was "the largest such fraud in history". com) but not everybody would agree with me. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • I would write Bernie claimed it was "the largest such fraud in history".
  • com) but not everybody would agree with me.
  • Rover
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I would write

Bernie claimed it was "the largest such fraud in history". (Forbes.com)

but not everybody would agree with me.

Rover
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Hi. Please help. When you make an in-text citation, should we restrict the reference to one sentence, or could we reference more than one sentence? I hope my question makes sense, but I am not sure. I asked a question in the same question line on the thread I started named "Citation: how far does it extend?" in the General English Grammar Questions section but haven't received any response. Any he
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I'm not sure I understand you correctly.

Perhaps you mean it like this:

"John Doe wrote 'Life is good' (1). His sister Jane Doe affirmed 'Life is indeed good' (2). Not everybody agrees: Tom Day asserts 'Life sucks' (3)."

[And in footnotes at the bottom of the page, you would state your sources.]

(1) 'Thoughts on Life', Doe, Jo
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