Giving credit where credit is due is a polite thing to do. (Owens, 2013) When you
are writing, you may remember that someone else wrote a similar idea or said a
related thing that goes well with your ideas. If you want to use someone else’s
words or ideas, you have to say where you got the ideas from. It is not enough to
say ‘a wise man said…’. It is required to specify who said it and when they made it
public. This is the correct way of giving credit to a thinker or a writer.
Explain the advantage of recognizing another person's ideas. Use concrete examples.