An undergraduate in arts # 1

 Writer’s text:

Undertaking in such activities only makes it harder for the addict to get away from their “extreme self-destructive” behaviors (Jones 169).Student’s comment 

Source text:

Substance abuse is close to universal, mental illness is part of the subculture and extreme self-destructive and socially destructive behaviors are part of the landscape. (From Jones, D. 1998, p. 169)

Writer’s comment:

I quote the phrase “extreme self-destructive” because it’s a good strong phrase… and makes a good statement.

Comment from a graduate student in Business:

I think it’s fine with what they’ve done. I don’t think there’s any problem with what they’ve done. I think the reasons for doing this, cause it’s a good strong phrase, and it makes a good statement is probably not the best thing. I think if it best describes what you are trying to say, and it’s something which is so strong from another author who has made particular comment in that flow, you’ve done the right thing, you put it in quotes, you’ve quoted it exactly, and you’ve given the phrase, so I think that’s fine.

Comment from a graduate student in Education:

I don’t see anything unique in the phrase, that has, that carry special meaning, I don’t know why it got cited. Unless there’s something up there about undertaking the reference such activities, I mean, to me, the cite, there is something specific being cited, they would be the activities, and there would be a cite there. But the idea that, the idea there… no, no. I’m not sure what’s being cited here. If it’s the phrase “extreme self-destructive”, that would be citing bad grammar. I don’t understand what’s being referenced. 

Comment from an faculty member in Education:

Well, it’s just… we aren’t not sure if Jones said this, but it looks like Jones said different thing. You don’t know if Jones said the whole thing or actually didn’t say the whole thing. But it’s difficult to get a resource. I don’t think it’s used appropriately. I would say “extreme self-destruction” like this thing… let’s say… to borrow a term from Jones. So it’s the term that’s borrowed not the whole… So the student should use parenthesis, or… quotation marks and then a comma to indicate that she or he borrows a term from Jones so that it’s only the term that is borrowed not the wole thing.

Comment from an faculty member in Education:

I like this. I think it’s a good idea for the students to have cited that. It’s probably on the lower end of importance to have used a quotation. But the student gives a good justification of quoting it: the strength of the phrase, the appropriateness of the phrase, and the student was to get credit for a really good phrase that they have been able to use to support their own document. Good for them. (From a professor in Education)