Friday, August 19, 2011

Why do people plagiarize?

Please give three reasons why someone might copy something off a website rather than summarize it in their own words or put key phrases in quotation marks.

If you need help with this look at the following website--be sure not to copy and paste information from this website, but rather put the answer in your own words!  Answer in three complete sentences.
(5 points)


http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_educational_tips_on_plagiarism_prevention.html

2 comments:

  1. 1. So they sound smart
    2. Laziness, so they don't have to do their own work
    3. To get a better grade

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  2. It sounds better than what you can create

    I would say/write it the same way

    There is only one way to say it.

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