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The phrase "acknowledge a source" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of recognizing or citing the origin of information or ideas in academic or professional writing.
Example: "In your research paper, it is essential to acknowledge a source whenever you use someone else's ideas or findings."
Alternatives: "credit a source" or "cite a source".
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Most writers realize that they must acknowledge a source when quoting a memorable phrase or sentence.
The following are some recent best-picture nominees that notoriously failed to acknowledge a source: 'THE SIXTH SENSE' -- Based on "Hamlet" of William Shakespeare: a son, troubled by ghostly visitations, brings his mother to tears and is thought mad.
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"There is strong investor appetite," acknowledged a source close to the company.
In an exchange of letters with the French novelist Romain Rolland, Freud came to acknowledge a more intractable source of religious sentiment.
The producers most responsible for "Monk, David Hoberman and Andy Breckmann, readily acknowledge a chain of sources that begins with Sherlock Holmes and runs through "Columbo" to "Murder, She Wrote".
All of the materials from the three leaded cities acknowledge that a source is the local mining/smelting industry as well as natural contamination.
However, we acknowledge a number of potential sources of bias.
First, let us acknowledge a new medium, a new source of opinion.
Under Mr. Specter's bill, however, the legislature would be explicitly acknowledging an alternative source of authority for snooping.
As Rebecca Solnit (whom Yapa acknowledges as a source) noted in her essay "The Longest War": "violence is first of all authoritarian.
Now dancers there are treated like pop stars: featured in commercials, on the pages of magazines and in soap operas, and widely acknowledged as a source of national pride.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com