...shows authority in your writing"

...removes authority from your writing"

...provides evidence for your writing"

...reduces the strength of your writing"

...is just a tradition that is not useful"

...helps the reader to find and judge the material you have cited"

...makes it clear what is your reasoning and what is other people’s"

...makes it harder to tell what is you and what is from other authors"

...makes your work look less original"

...respects the ideas and work of others"