cite something

1. Yes. To cite is to refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

2. Yes. 'Then' forms part of an 'if ... then' conditional sentence.

Thank you. But for 2, the sentence I gave does not have 'if'.... Would your answer be different?

'Then' can follow 'if' and 'since' (which is in your sentence).

You got a citation for that, Bub?

(Hehehehehehehehe . . . i crack me up.)

If you insist: "Moreover, care must be taken with the third person usage of obscure citation..." 1.

1. Tanning, D. (n.d.). Unfounded Certitudes. The Yale Review, 84-84.

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