被引述的文字如果超过三行，则应将引文与论文文字分开，如下例所示:Whitman has proved himself an eminent democratic representative and precursor， and his “Democratic Vistas” is an admirable and characteristic And if one is sorry that in it Whitman is unable to conceive the extreme crises of society， one is certain that no society would be tolerable whoses citizens could not find refreshment in its buoyant democratic (Chase 165) 这里的格式有两点要加以注意。一是引文各行距英语论文的左边第一个字母十个空格，即应从第十一格打起；二是引文不需加引号，末尾的句号应标在最后一个词后。
