PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is when someone uses another's idea, opinion, or hypothesis in a means that would gain advantage to them, without giving the suitable recognition. The information can be heard, seen, elucidate, etc... it doesn't actually matter how you obtain it, if someone fabricated it earlier than you did, it's not yours. For instance, one of the most widespread forms of plagiarism encountered in our contemporary day and age is information taken from the internet copy pasted into one's work(Braumoeller Gaines 2001). The person using the copied information would either plainly insert it into his work, or modify the structure of some sentences in order to blend it with the rest of his text, witch is by the way, still considered plagiarism.

Plagiarism has been just about for a very lengthy era. In fact, ever since man could think for himself there's been plagiarism. Let's say a primitive man creates a tool that would help him with his everyday life, another primitive man cannot show someone else the creation without holding the creator responsible for his invention, or that would be considered plagiarism. Plagiarism hasn't changed very much since the dawn of man, the idea is the same only now we have laws protecting people against it.

While trying to avoid plagiarism you must not only lookout for ideas and opinions or thoughts but you must also look out for graphs, drawings or anything that isn't common sense. If you find an article on the internet or in a magazine that you want to use in an essay without having to quote it or give the appropriate credit and that you can call your own, you must make it a paraphrase and change it around enough for it to actually change in content. You can still use facts and so on that are considered ...