1. Understand the purpose of citation: Make sure you understand why you cite a source. The main purpose of quoting is to support your argument, not to show how much information you know.
2. Explain in your own words: Try to explain what you have learned from the literature in your own words instead of copying and pasting directly. This will make your paper more innovative.
3. Appropriate quotation: Don't quote for the sake of quotation. Make sure that what you quote makes a substantial contribution to your paper.
4. Use indirect quotation more: indirect quotation is a summary of the original text, rather than a word-for-word copy of the original text. This can avoid overpricing.
5. Check the citation format: Make sure to use the citation format correctly (such as APA, MLA or Chicago). The correct quotation format can help you reduce the number of quotations without changing the original intention.
6. Revise and review the paper many times: Before submitting the paper, revise and review the paper many times to ensure that it will not be inadvertently over-quoted.
7. Seek advice from others: Ask colleagues or tutors to review your paper, and they may find over-quoting problems that you may not have noticed.
8. Use citation management tools: Some online tools can help you manage citations and ensure that you don't overquote.