According to Wikipedia, plagiarism is "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."
But I have been thinking of another situation. Let's say someone copies the wordings of an author in his/her work, but not the content, and argues that this does not constitute plagiarism.
Is there any ground for such an argument? Any thoughts?
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me wonders how can "someone copies the wordings of an author in his/her work, but not the content"
isn't it alwsy context, context, context?
As my English is not good, I always "stealing/learning" from others phrases and wordings and vocabulary.
Is that plagiarism?
Hi Alex,
I have wondered about this - how can one copy the wordings verbatim and not the contents.
Hi Sam,
I can understand your situation. To learn from others who write better than us is not wrong - I do that too! But I guess when one copies several sentences verbatim, then that makes it plagiarism.
copies the wordings of an author in his/her work, but not the content
Still trying to work this sentence out - how can one copies the wordings of an author in his/her work but not the content? Looks like I just did by adding "how can" but then I still need to refer to the person who brought up that idea, don't I? e.g. Kar Yong was asking if ... how can it be?
I am both asking and answering!!! I am as confused as ever!!! Help!!! hahaha ...
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