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Again, The main problem was that i put punctuations before and after the reference. I.e. (1). And .(1) I haven't blatantly taken a full piece of text without putting a reference (in the way described before)
– BrajkovicM
Commented May 15 at 17:13
@BrajkovicM re punctation & references: this is a really tiny issue, or rather a matter of style. IMHO you can safely forget about it. Yes, you may bump into a pedant or two who will notice it. But if someone even in passing mentions that such trivial to fix mistake will count against you working somewhere then I seriously suggest you run away from them as fast as you can.
– darked89
Commented May 15 at 20:47
What about getting into a PhD program? Will these mistakes make me seem incapable of writing a good piece of academic text?
– BrajkovicM
Commented May 28 at 12:40
@BrajkovicM not at all. You can burn the pizza in one joint in your first job and become Italian master chef later.
– darked89
Commented Jun 8 at 7:45

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