A passage inside quotation marks that carries a citation is a quotation, not plagiarism, and the report treats it that way. A few details decide whether a card appears.
When a quote is left alone
The passage sits inside quotation marks that open and close, and a citation follows it in a recognized form: an author and year in parentheses, a bracketed number, a footnote marker, or a reference-list style line. The match is recorded as reviewed and no card is shown.
When a quote is still flagged
- No citation nearby. The quote marks are there but nothing says where it came from. The card offers to add the citation in your style.
- Quote marks that do not close, or a quote that runs across paragraphs. The report cannot tell where the quotation ends, so it flags the matched part and lets you decide.
- A paraphrase with a stray quote mark. Only the words inside the marks are treated as quoted.
- A long quotation. Some institutions cap how much may be quoted; the card shows the match so you can judge, and Ignore records your decision.
Block quotations
Indented block quotations without quote marks are recognized when a citation follows the block. If yours is flagged, add the citation directly after it and check again.