<u>In cases when someone else’s words and writings are cited and quoted word for word, a writer should use double quotation marks (" ") around the said passage. </u>This is evidence to the reader that words used between the marks are not of that writer but someone else.
This has to be done in order to credit the original author of the quote. When double quotation marks and citations are not put in the essay or text, it is considered to be plagiarism, stealing someone else's work and presenting it as your own.
