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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Which is correct?

1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote that sleep was a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole
2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote that sleep is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole.
Which is correct? Thanks in advance.
  

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Anonymous Which is correct? Neither. If you paraphrase so closely, you need to provide the direct quotation.

  • Anonymous Which is correct?
  • Neither.
  • If you paraphrase so closely, you need to provide the direct quotation.
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AnonymousWhich is correct?
Neither. If you paraphrase so closely, you need to provide the direct quotation.
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Mister Micawber AnonymousWhich is correct?Neither. If you paraphrase so closely, you need to provide the direct quotation.
Samuel Taylor coleridge wrote : Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing,Beloved from pole to pole.
Is the sentence correct? Thanks again.
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Here is the correct quotation:

Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.

This is fine as a paraphrase:
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote that sleep was a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole.

You can also write a more direct quot

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