On 18 Oct 2004 08:31:22 -0700 Michael <dayzman@hotmail.com> whittled these words:
Hi,
Is resembling someone else's writing style plagiarism? For example, a
farmer, who plants apples, writes an article about his apples: ".. My
apples are sweet and juicy ..". Then, another farmer, who plants
apples as well, writes using the same words, but about HIS own apples.
Assume the 2nd farmer has read the 1st farmer's article, would this
still be plagiarism, even though they are in different context?
Context is irrelevant. Plagiarism is copying another's work. A single
short sentence without any particular creative content is unlikely to be
considered plagerism. The more the work of farmer one resemebles the work
of farmer two the greater the risk that it will be viewed as being copied
rather than original.Merely subsituting references here and there does not
convert a plagerized work into an original one. "Style" however is not
something that is protected. Expression is protected.
http://www.georgetown.edu/honor/plagiarism.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
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