{"id":6851,"date":"2018-10-22T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?post_type=essay-writing-blog&p=6851"},"modified":"2020-08-02T07:29:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T14:29:38","slug":"avoiding-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/avoiding-plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: What You Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think plagiarism isn\u2019t serious? Think about this:<\/p>\n

How would you feel if you went to the doctor with back pain that left you unable to function? After running a few tests, the doctor breaks the news to you: back surgery is needed in order to repair a ruptured disc.<\/p>\n

The problem with this diagnosis? It\u2019s completely wrong.<\/p>\n

A handful of visits to a chiropractor would align your spine. No surgery needed.<\/p>\n

Why were you misdiagnosed? Because your doctor plagiarized much of his work, including his dissertation. He faked his way through med school and ended up forging some of his licenses. Thus, he knows very little about medicine. His patients pay the price.<\/p>\n

Sure, this is an extreme example, but it happens. People (like this guy<\/a>) have been caught practicing medicine illegally, and still others (like this guy<\/a>) have been caught performing surgeries as fake doctors.<\/p>\n

I know–you\u2019re saying that practicing medicine illegally and even plagiarizing in med school is a heckuva lot more serious than plagiarizing your argumentative essay<\/a> in English class.<\/p>\n

Yes and no. Your chosen career may never put someone\u2019s life at risk. But if you plagiarize, your degree is just as fake as the fake doctor who forged his medical license.<\/p>\n

Convinced of the seriousness of plagiarism? Here\u2019s what you should know about avoiding plagiarism in your writing.<\/p>\n

Q&A: What You Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism<\/h2>\n

Q: What is plagiarism?<\/h3>\n

Plagiarism is taking someone else\u2019s words or ideas and trying to pass them off as your own. In the simplest of terms, plagiarism is stealing.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sure you know that using someone else\u2019s paper and submitting it as your own is plagiarism. But you can also plagiarize by doing any one of the following:<\/p>\n