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Knowing About The Gravity Of Plagiarism And The Ways On How You Can Effectively Avoid It

July 14, 2010 by Rose Thornton  
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In many academic institutions, plagiarism is a serious offence that can lead to expulsion. Plagiarism in essence means copying someone else’ work without giving them any recognition.

Plagiarism can either be intentional whereby you consciously plan to go out and copy someone’s work or accidental whereby you utilize somebody’s work without realizing it, but whatever the case might be, plagiarism can end your academic career.

Here are some ways to stay away from plagiarism:

Refer to your sources. This might look quite simple, but you will be astonished at the number of students who simply do not mention their sources. You can lay the blame on either ignorance or laziness.

Often, students are just so relieved to finally complete a paper that they fail to remember to refer to the sources as they are winding up. Furthermore, a student might not be cognizant that he has to mention the source when he makes use of somebody’s work.

It is important for you to take time to carefully go through your paper after you write it down as it is very easy for references from other works to move stealthily into the paper without your notice.

Since there is no differentiating the planned from accidental plagiarism you need to delete any words as soon as you notice them. Even the sentences from the paper that you believe were copied from someplace else either by accident or intentionally.

You should make use of any rephrased words just as they are on paper without being tempted to replace even one letter from the original work. Always finish it with quotes as well as mention your sources either at the end or in-line.

When you are aware of the rules to follow as well as you thoroughly go through your paper, you will easily steer clear of plagiarism. Remember that the penalty for not doing so could be grievously dangerous; thus you should not be slothful with your paper but you should carefully revise it before submitting it.

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