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Latest post Tue, Dec 13 2005 8:53 PM by Forbes. 3 replies.
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Anonymous  +  169310 Tue, 13 Dec 05 02:06 AM

 I was trying a software that modifies text by automated synonym replacement. My question is:

When a text taken from the web and modified in that way loses its identity?  When does plagiarism start? I am talking in quantitative terms of words, letters and phrases, not in spirit or moral grounds...

How does quoting help to avoid plagiarism?

I could not find a simple rule for this issue.

Thanks!

Andrew Roderick  -    
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nona the brit  +  169372 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:42 AM

Wow. Cheaters' software.

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The name says it all.
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GeorgeBest  +  169534 Tue, 13 Dec 05 07:08 PM

I know  a synonymizer product that uses an internal thesaurus to produce "similar" versions of an original. They somewhere claim that up to 10% similarity between the 2 texts could mean plagiarism. That should apply to long essays, not short phrases.

Was that the doubt?

George
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Forbes, 3 yr 344 days ago
I would suggest that plagiarism is not only appropriating words, but ideas.
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