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 Use of source materials
Your feedback says:
USE OF SOURCE MATERIALS - are you paraphrasing, summarising or quoting from your source
material?
So
what’s the problem? And what do you need to do?
Your text does not
show very clearly whether an idea is yours or somebody else's. If it is
somebody else's, make sure you give some reference, and use your own words
and structures in paraphrases or summaries, or alternatively, use quotation
marks to indicate what is borrowed from other sources.
Here
are some links to practise materials:
On this site:
On other sites:
If
you find more useful exercises for any type of error, please let us know and
we will add the links. Visit www.ngberger.com for other materials that may
help you on your pre-sessional course or other studies in academic or
business English.
Please send your comments to Norbert G. Berger. This document was updated 03/08/2003.
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Language Centre, University of Exeter, UK. 2003.
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