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Plagiarism
What is it?
Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense. The University College defines plagiarism as:
- Copying word for word an extract, however small, from a book, article, thesis, electronic resources or another’s assignment without giving a source
- Reproducing extracts from books and other sources, without acknowledgement, whilst changing some words here and there
- Presenting an argument, idea or phrase or research design that came from elsewhere and claiming to be the originator
- Giving the source for an extract, but still copying more or less word for word without inverted commas, thus implying that the writing is the candidate’s own summary.
And in English?
