Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Cbapter 8 IParaphraseandSummar!] 129

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everyoneintheworldcouldcommunicatein.Thereaso

languageareclearlyunderstandable.If thesametongue...

countries,theywouldundoubtedlybecomecloserculturallyande

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aidtounderstanding.Peoplehavelongwishedfora universalintern
languagethatspeakersallovertheworldcouldunderstan
languagewouldcertainlybuildculturalandeconomicbon
createbetterfeelingsamongcountries.

Paraphrase1 is plagiarismbecausethesourceis notcited.Paraphrase2 is plagia-

rismbecauseit istoosimilartotheoriginalpassage.Forexample,inthefirst

sentence,onlyonewordhasbeenchanged:mainreplacesprincipal.Inthesecond

sentence,onlya few wordshavebeenchanged.Youcanavoidthefirstkindof

plagiarismbyalwayscitingyoursources.Youcanavoidthesecondkindofplagia-

rismbylearningtop31"aphrasecOlTectly.

SeeAppendixE:ResearchandDocumentationofSources,pages303-311,for

informationonhowtocitesources.

Readthefollowingparaphrasesanddecidewhichkindofplagi31ismeachexample

is guiltyof.

HowtoWriteaGoodParaphrase

Therearethreekeystowritinga goodp31"aphrase:

1.Useyourownwordsandyourownsentencestructure.

2.Makeyourparaphraseapproximatelythesamelengthastheoriginal.

3.Donotchangethemeaningoftheoriginal.

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