Find the Citation That Does Not Support the Sentence
Identify the sentence-source mismatch that requires citation checking before publication.
The link is real. The support is not. Where is the citation-checking issue? Report sentence overstates what the source passage supports Correct. Citation checking asks whether the cited passage supports the exact sentence, not whether the source is merely related. Highlighted printout beside the keyboard Highlighting can help review, but the problem is the alignment between the claim and the cited passage. Desk lamp near the tablet The lamp is not evidence. Focus on the claim-source relationship that would survive an audit. Researcher reviewing the report The reviewer is doing the right kind of work. The issue is the unsupported…
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