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Re: article and word in quote

Mister Micawber — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:15:05 GMT

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I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun.-- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and this is one of them.

From what I learned, I think an indefinite article, "a", can be used if what is in quotation marks is one of many like "a McDonald."-- The quotation marks have nothing to do with it. We can have a McDonald's (one of the restaurants) with no quotation marks.
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article and word in quote

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:23:35 GMT

Hi,
I am not too sure why there has to be the article "a" in front of the word "House Card" in quotation marks.

The instructor will give each person in the room a "House Card."

This is supposed to be part of instructions to be given in playing a card game for an instructional purpose. I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun. From what I learned, I think an indefinite article, "a", can be used if what is in quotation marks is one of many like "a McDonald."

Re: quoting

Tanit — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:17:04 GMT

Hi,

I think the example shows how the reference is made to Cormack's work (published in 1994?), ...

Yes, you got it right. It's the year in which the book was published

... but my question is, When you make such a reference, what is the barometer for measuring how exact (?) the your referencing wording has to be?" It doesn't look to be that it has to be written verbatim since you are not quoting. I think like indirect quoting, since you are not using the author's words quote for quote...

Again, that's correct.
If you were copying the words used by the author(s), than you'd need to put them within quotation marks (if it's a short phrase or sentence) or to indent them in your text (if the quotation is long).
In the example about Cormack's work, the author is expressing with his/her own words (= paraphrasing) something that has been written by Cormack. S/he could be putting into a short sentence the main point of a huge book, or rephrasing a sentence that appears in Cormack's text. The important thing, when using this type of reference, is not to use the original words.
If you ask me what's the point, all I can answer is that guidelines (at least, the ones I've read!) suggest not putting too many direct quotations (that is, those enclosed in speech marks) in an essay/article/etc for a number of reasons: i) they would make the essay less readable; ii) the essay would appear as a collection (patchwork?) of other texts, rather than a critical reflection on those; iii) the more direct quotations are in the essay, the less effective they would be - in other words, only put the most important direct quotations, the ones you want to emphasise.

... and using your words to note what the author said, there might be a slight chance of misinterpretation of the author's intent.

If you're using referencing systems like this one, you're either writing an academic work (article/report/essay/dissertation/etc.) or a professional report, so you are writing either for somebody who will assess your piece of writing or for peers who know something about the topic. You don't want to misinterpret the text, do you?

Also, how the Harvard Style of Referencing differ from APA Style on the same topic area?

Sorry, I can't answer. I've never used or studied the APA style.

Whatever you're writing, I wish you good luck!

quoting

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:24:06 GMT

Hi,

I was looking at the online magazine article titled "Crackup of Anglican Communion at Hand, Evangelical Bishops Say" by Timothy C. Morgan and have these questions on selected paragraphes there.

1. On the second sentence of this paragraph, what could be the full version of what Archbishop Williams said? Why,as it seems, did the author only put quotation marks in the part he did?

He hoped the conference would eschew a political solution to the theological divisions within the church and focus on "building relationships." While this would not settle the disputes of doctrine and discipline, "it is certain that without the building of relationships the challenges will never be resolved," Archbishop Williams said, according to bishops present at the opening session.

2. Why did the author not put the quotation marks around 'by being faithful to God first and last'?

The impending implosion of the Anglican Communion was a tragedy where everyone would come away the loser, Bishop Venables said. "But at the end of the day, Jesus is the Lord of the church and we are to follow him," by being faithful to God first and last.

Re: Conditional:Auxiliary Commentary Words?

Mister Micawber — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:26:02 GMT

You wrote this as your partical response to the overall question:
I think that the "good morning's" are inappropriate.-- No
I think his "how are you's" are inappropriate. -- No. His "how are you"s are inappropriate. I don't think we need the "?".

Your technique (if I can call it that) is new to me. Anyway, how do you make distinctions as to which phrase/clause is appropriate to put an "s" after putting quotation marks around it: why not "good morning" but "how are you"?

I don't understand your question. The '-s' goes outside the quotation marks, as I indicated in both italicized sentences.

And I wrote this:
Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?

-- Yes again.

The problem I have is that it is hard to distinguish situations where the detinite noun is necessary

-- It takes some practice.

We value freedom of press.
Order for proclamation of the King's Peace

In the two examples above I feel can use the detinite noun and not use it with little difference, if at all.

-- As they stand, the first should have no article and the second should: freedom of the press is a general freedom, but the King is a specific king. That at least is the presumption that the reader should make.

I thin the same goes to the original sentences with the word 'power' except you are very sure the reference it to a specific group of people and situation needs to be specific, but I feel, in most wriiting situations in the real world, don't need the definiteness brought by having placed 'the' before the likes of the word 'power'.

-- I agree that there is often an option; nevertheless, in your sentence, a specific power source is implied-- i.e the power supplied at where 'they' are.
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Re: Conditional:Auxiliary Commentary Words?

Mister Micawber — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:44:18 GMT

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Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- Yes

You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples:
I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect:

I have hard time finding out how to pluralize words like"'would" or 'how are you?"You seemed to have attach an 's' after putting the word "would" in the quotation marks. Is it how it should be done? --Yes. I used single quote marks; double marks are more formally correct.

How about this? I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the "would's" are incorrect-- No

How about these?

I think that the '"do's and don'ts" are inappropriate to the situation.-- Yes. Do's and don'ts is an idiom. (Notice that for clarity we do not use a second apostrophe in "don't's")
I think that the "good morning's" are inappropriate.-- No
I think his "how are you's" are inappropriate. -- No. His "how are you"s are inappropriate. I don't think we need the "?".

Re: Conditional:Auxiliary Commentary Words?

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:21:32 GMT

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?

You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples:
I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect:

I have hard time finding out how to pluralize words like"'would" or 'how are you?"You seemed to have attach an 's' after putting the word "would" in the quotation marks. Is it how it should be done? How about this?

I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the "would's" are incorrect:

How about these?

I think that the '"do's and don'ts" are inappropriate to the situation.
I think that the "good morinng's" are inappropriate.
I think his "how are you's" are inappropriate. -- this seems to be a difficult one since I feel "how are you" should have a question mark at the end and it is difficult to know what to do with the mark.

Re: place aricle here?

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:04:26 GMT

Thank you, Cool Breeze and Neeraj Jain.

I think I wrote this sentence to ask a question on whether there is a need to attach an definite article and I think Mr. M said there is a need.
What I am confused about is putting a pair of quotation marks around what looks to be a proper name. What is the possible difference?

The 'Cow Power Program' was started in Vermont.
The Cow Power Program was started in Vermont.

place aricle here?

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:55:54 GMT

Hi,
Please tell me if the article 'the' is needed. I think the word 'system' is a contable noun. If I have what looks to be a foreign word,do I need to follow the normal grammar conventions? Should I italicize or put the word in a pair of quotation marks?

Ondol is a Korean heating system and I would like to use (the??) Ondol on the floor in my room.

Re: article or no article and why

Clive — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:11:05 GMT

Hi,

Please tell me if the article is needed. Please tell me the reason for your decision if possible. I think you can look this in two ways: one is, a quoted content, ie, one in quotation marks, sort of an countable noun and treat as such and the other is a word in quotes to denote an unusal use of the phrase "Big-button Phone." -- but then, capital letters seem to make it a proper noun.

Is looking this in two ways as shown above a wrong way to approach this? What went wrong if it is wrong? Confused.

To help those who can't see well, we have designed a "Big-button Phone."

If it's just an unusual use of the phrase, don't use capitals.
To help those who can't see well, we have designed a "big-button phone."
However, this doesn't seem to me like a very unusual use, so why not just omit the quotation marks?
To help those who can't see well, we have designed a big-button phone. (or just say a phone with big buttons.)

If it's a proper name, eg of a product, say
To help those who can't see well, we have designed the "Big-button Phone."

Best wishes, Clive