Bokat-lindell, Spencer. “Valentine’s Day: A Festival of Love or a Giant Scam?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/valentines-day-galentines.html.
“It’s perhaps just as well that the holiday’s history remains disputed. Either thousands or hundreds of years later, Americans seem likewise unable to agree on whether Valentine’s Day is a hallowed celebration, a marketing scam that entrenches the hegemony of the nuclear family or just a harmless convention that everyone needs to calm down about. Here’s a bouquet of perspectives to help you figure out your feelings about the tradition, which, unlike most relationships, is not going to end” (Bokat-lindell).
According to a New York Times article, “Americans seem likewise unable to agree of whether Valentine’s Day is a hallowed celebration…or a harmless convention that everyone needs to calm down about” (Bokat-lindell).
1. Correct! Just capitalize the L in Lindell. 🙂
2. See #1
3. Good use of ellipses! There are two typos in your quote, though; you have “of” instead of “on,” and you’re missing “just” before “harmless convention.” Be very careful when quoting that you get the words exactly right.
4. Good use of quotes around a part that’s difficult to paraphrase! I might suggest using something other than “agree” to make it even more your own. Maybe “decide” instead?