Readers need to move from your words to the words of a source without feeling a jolt. Avoid dropping quotations into the text without warning. Instead, provide clear signal phrases, including at least the author’s name, to indicate the boundary between your words and the source’s words.
DROPPED QUOTATION
Some experts have argued that a range of legitimate concerns justifies employer monitoring of employee Internet usage. “Employees could accidentally (or deliberately) spill confidential corporate information . . . or allow worms to spread throughout a corporate network” (Tynan).
QUOTATION WITH SIGNAL PHRASE (IN COLOR)
Some experts have argued that a range of legitimate concerns justifies employer monitoring of employee Internet usage. As columnist Daniel Tynan explains, companies that don’t monitor network traffic can be penalized for their ignorance: “Employees could accidentally (or deliberately) spill confidential information . . . or allow worms to spread throughout a corporate network.”
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