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Annoying Ways

Megan Heller

Reading "Annoying Ways" allowed me to identify when a citation is incorrectly cited through the comparison of writers and drivers. This comparison made the reading entertaining and helped it to make sense why it is important to correctly cite sources so that your paper is credible. "Annoying Ways" also helped to identify when a citation is misplaced, specifically through the misuse of quotes. Writers should not rely heavily on quotes and only use them when it is absolutely necessary, like quoting statistics from a study. This passage was useful for me so that I can now revise my paper and review my citations to make sure that everything I used is cited correctly and that I quoted in the appropriate places.

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  1. UnknownMarch 22, 2018 at 8:40 AM

    I agree that this reading was useful and that quoting too much can be annoying. Only quoting when necessary is more effective.

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  2. UnknownMarch 22, 2018 at 11:19 AM

    I also used this reading to go back and fix my own paper, because when I read I noticed that I was making errors that he was talking about.

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  3. Sophia FundoraMarch 22, 2018 at 11:44 AM

    Megan, I agree that the comparison between annoying drivers and poor citations was very entertaining. It was also helpful in the way it gave us a real world example that helped us better understand how some things we may be doing in our writing are actually annoying readers.

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