REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
RESEARCH PLAGIARISM AND THESAURUS
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Question
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Rewording someone else’s ideas, which is called paraphrasing, can also be plagiarism if you do not give them credit for these ideas.
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True
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False
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Neither
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Both
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Using different words can help you make your text distinct from the author’s. It’s quite easy to reword to avoid plagiarism. However, keep in mind that you’ll still need to rework the sentence structure! Simply using a thesaurus on several words isn’t enough to avoid plagiarism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mosaic Plagiarism Sometimes called “patch writing, ‘’ this kind of paraphrasing, whether intentional or not, is academically dishonest and punishable – even if you footnote your source!
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