"When You Must Cite
Although you should use sources creatively and flexibly to help you generate ideas and sharpen your argument, there are some hard-and-fast rules about when and how some sources should be acknowledged in your project.
1. When you quote
two or more words verbatim, or even one word if it is used in a way that is unique to the source"
poorvucenter.yale.edu
Wait. How can ONE word POSSIBLY be verbatim, when (by your self-created rule) a verbatim quote must " include EVERY SINGLE WORD FROM THE ORIGINAL"?
How can they deny the infinite expertise of Michael the linguist, and teach such gibberish to all those students?!?!