ELIMINATE DROPPED QUOTATIONS
Always use proper signal phrases
You need to integrate borrowed material naturally into your own work so that it reads smoothly as part of your paper. You will not ever have a sentence that is entirely from an outside source.
Use of an outside source always requires the use of a transitional, signal phrase. As Nordquist explains, “leaving the signal phrase out when using sourced material in your writing results in an error known as dropped quotation”. It is as if the content was simply dropped from the sky and into your writing. Dropped quotations appear out of nowhere, are linked to nothing, they confuse your reader, and interrupt the flow of your own writing.
Eliminate all ‘dropped quotations’ from your writing.
For more information on signal phrases and avoiding dropped quotations, see THIS handout.
Sources Used:
Nordquist, Richard. "Examples of Signal Phrases in Grammar and Composition." ThoughtCo, Dec. 6,
2018, thoughtco.com/signal-phrase-grammar-and-com
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