f you’re writing nonfiction, at some point you may want to include other people’s writing in your work. This could be, for example, to report existing research findings, to support your point of view by referring to an expert opinion or to quote someone else’s cleverly crafted sentences. Whenever you’re using other people’s work (and it’s not considered common knowledge), you need to be open about it and explicitly acknowledge it. This is not only morally right, but failing to do so may leave you vulnerable for being accused of plagiarism.
