But what matters is what the teacher calls it, not what the law calls it. The teacher might call it plagiarism, or might call it cheating, but probably won’t call it a good job.

If the teacher catches you, you are probably dead since the only definition that counts is what is in the teacher’s head.

Lastly I would hope that you would see your assignment as an opportunity to learn something. If all you learn is how to paraphrase, you do not have much of a future ahead of you

You can rephrase every sentence and use the dictionary to replace any words with words that sound much better. It’s only wrong when you copy someone elses work word for word and then claim it to be your own.

But plageurism is really defined as copying work and claiming it’s your own.

It’s still cheating, because you’re not doing the work yourself.

And teachers are smarter than you think. Chances are you’re going to get caught.

” My dog is a German Shepperd”

” My dog is a German Shepperd”

“is TECHNICALLY not plagiarizing, because of the modification of the “s” in Shepperd.”

“isn’t TECHNICALLY plagiarizing, because of the modification of the “s” in Shepperd.”

see, its a loophole. so, as before, if you want to get down to it, legally you can change something like “isn’t” to ” is not” in a whole article, and its not. i may be wrong, but i think im not. however, change alot of words around, and it cant be. hope i helped

Do your own work and accept your grade, whatever it may be, because it will be yours.