A few days ago
Jay D

Question about plagiarism?

Lets say I get help on how to start a english paper on here(Yahoo answers)…Someone gives me a idea, but instead I reword 2 words in the conclusion as oppose to using it in the intro…Is this plagiarism? I am seriously scared now.

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A few days ago
Roald Ellsworth

Favorite Answer

Since you are asking for help with homework, the people posting should know that you might use whatever responses you receive. However, if you want help but don’t want the burden of thinking you may be just copying, try writing the paper first, and then posting for help. That way, the responses will deal with what you’ve already written, and you won’t need to worry.

If you don’t want to post the whole paper for help, just pick out a specific part that’s bothering you.

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A few days ago
Iris the Librarian
Let’s see if I’m hearing your question. You asked for help with your homework on Yahoo Answers, then you copied it almost word for word and turned in the assignment. Now you are wondering what will happen if you get caught.

It is plagiarism because you took the other person’s words and passed them off as your own. If your teacher checks Yahoo Answers, she’ll find your question and that answer. Don’t be surprised if she checks. Teachers are smart cookies. If that happens, you have to take your licks and accept the punishment she gives you for stealing.

Is this something that will get you taken to court, like happens to some folks if they steal the lyrics from a song or try to pass off one of Hemingway’s novels as their own? Probably not. It isn’t likely the person who answered your question will sue your for using the answer. After all, your question was in the section Homework Help, so the person knows you were doing homework.

If legally, you won’t get hammered this time, morally and ethically what you did was wrong. Whether you get caught or not, you know it was wrong. The proper way to use that answer was to read it, understand it, and say it in your own words when you wrote your paper.

So, if you ask Yahoo Answers for help another time, do it the right way, okay?

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A few days ago
jan51601
Plagiarism is copying another writer’s work WORD FOR WORD. So, even if you changed the position of a couple words but still kept the basic text as is, you need to give credit to the original author. Even if you paraphrase something (give the basic idea without the full-fledged wording), you should give credit, like in a footnote and/or the bibliography at the end of the paper.
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A few days ago
Jess
I wouldn’t worry too much. After all, people are on here giving their advice. But, I would make sure it’s not from some book or something.

You should try to get the general idea from what that person wrote and then rewrite it yourself. Don’t just change a few words.

Understand what they are saying and then put it in your own words.

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A few days ago
Plagiarism is a legal term, therefore you should contact a lawyer if it is that serious. Did the idea you borrow take any type of recognition from the originator or is a copy of general information? It is of the same family as copyright.
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A few days ago
genntri
Most English teachers recognize what is not in the style of the rest of your work
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A few days ago
Anonymous
well if it comes come someone else besides yourself i say that’s plariasm if you still use it and call it your own!
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