See "Citing an Unknown Author" for an example.)Īs a last resort, perhaps attribute it to "Anonymous", and provide the estimated year the saying seems to have come into use e.g. (This would be in accordance with MLA guidelines. Likewise, if the author is completely unknown, attribute it to the title of a work that has this saying in it, because obviously you must have used the quote from some existing source. In those cases where it's ambiguous as to who said it (for example, there's disagreement or debate over the true source), provide a citation using the title of a known work that references the quote, or debates who said it. I also like her suggestions for introducing the text, but you can also consider other, formal methods of citation and attribution. I agree with Kate Sherwood, you should be able to attribute most quotes these days by simple fact checking.
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