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Related links
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Plagiarism? It's Your
Call!
Plagiarism ranges from copying word-for-word to
paraphrasing a passage without credit and changing only
a few words. Below is a sentence from a book. The original
source is followed by its use in three student papers.
For each student's version check the comments to see if
the passage would be considered plagiarism. |
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Original passage
from book
Still, the telephone was only a convenience, permitting
Americans to do more casually and with less effort
what they had already been doing before.1 |
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1 (Daniel J. Boorstin,
The Americans: The Democratic Experience, page
390. 2 Excerpt, examples, and commentary below are from
James M. McCrimmon, Writing With A Purpose, page
499.) |
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| Abbie |
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The telephone was a convenience, enabling
Americans to do more casually and with less effort
what they had already been doing before.
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| Brian |
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Daniel J. Boorstin argues that the telephone
was only a convenience, permitting Americans to
do more casually and with less effort what they
had already been doing before.
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| Chris |
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Daniel J. Boorstin has noted that most
Americans considered the telephone as simply "a
convenience," an instrument that allowed them
"to do more casually and with less effort what
they had already been doing before."2
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Click
here to see comments on Abbie's passage.
