Project 3 Annoying Ways People Use Sources

C. Lobo:
Uncle Barry and His Encyclopedia of Useless Information

This annoyance is when “using too many quotations in a row” (Stedman,2011). I cannot deny nor confirmed whether or not I have done this annoyance, or at least I do not recall. I can believe when having a couple of great quotes but don’t want them to go to waste you can have an Uncle Barry. The best way to avoid this would be to plan the paragraph’s idea and how the quote fits. Or summarize as mention by the author.

-The state by former President Harry Truman, “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.” As history has shown that “We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”

-The state by former President Harry Truman, “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.” This can be true but from this experience is to not repeat history like the recession in 2018.

Am I in the Right Movie?

The annoyance is that “failing to integrate a quotation into the grammar of the proceeding sentence” (Stedman,2011). I am probably guilty of this. But I tried to have a reader or speaking software to see if it makes sense. Sometimes I do mix certain words when trying to use a synonym to replace a word but comes out sounding worse. Especially when I am mentally exhausted the writing will not make any sense. I think this happens with similar-sounding words like affect and effect.

-This will effect everyone in the community.

-This will affect everyone in the community.

M. Lopez:
I Can't Find the Stupid Link

This annoyance is when there's "no connection between the first letter of a parenthetical citation and the first letter of a works cited entry" (Stedman, 2011).

Annoyance Example:

-This annoyance is when there's "no connection between the first letter of a parenthetical citation and the first letter of a works cited entry" (Annoying Ways People Use Sources, 250).

Fixed Example:

-This annoyance is when there's "no connection between the first letter of a parenthetical citation and the first letter of a works cited entry" (Stedman, 2011).

I Swear I Did Some Research!

The annoyance is when you "drop in a citation without making it clear what information came from that source" (Stedman, 2011).

Annoyance Example:

-The annoyance is when you drop in a citation without making it clear what information came from that source (Stedman, 2011).

Fixed Example:

-The annoyance is when you "drop in a citation without making it clear what information came from that source" (Stedman, 2011).

Sources:

Stedman, K. D. (2011). Annoying Ways People Use Sources. In C. Lowe (Ed.), Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing(Vol. 2, pp. 242–256). Kyle D. Stedman.