Oversighting is a good plan of action…
This just happened, so I don’t mean to spam and take up two posts in a row… But it’s relevant and extremely geeky English-major humor.
So I was helping my suite mate with a paper, and she asked, “How often do I need to cite?” I replied, “Generally, every time you switch page numbers or authors is considered standard.” We continued to talk and I said at one point:
“Generally, over-citing is a good plan of action.”
She got a really confused look on her face when I started to crack up. I did not mean to give her the bad advice of making “oversights” as a policy. I realize that “oversighting” isn’t really a verb, but I think its one of those words that still makes sense. She is even now giving me strange looks as I laugh at the cleverness of my subconscious… But in reality, I’m just a geeky English major. 
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