Plagiarism -- When I started some post-grad work I was surprised to find how broad the definition of 'plagiarism' seemed to have become. On the flip side that made avoiding it easier. Basically, phrases like 'I noticed', 'it seemed to me', 'I wondered why... ', 'X seemed to appear more often than I could find explanations for', etc. were…
Plagiarism -- When I started some post-grad work I was surprised to find how broad the definition of 'plagiarism' seemed to have become. On the flip side that made avoiding it easier. Basically, phrases like 'I noticed', 'it seemed to me', 'I wondered why... ', 'X seemed to appear more often than I could find explanations for', etc. were sufficient 90 percent of the time. TBF, the papers we wrote were practice runs for journal article submissions so standards were at that level.
Some define plagiarism so broad that you practically need to invent your own alphabet to be “original.” One YouTuber a couple years ago accelerated the end of her career by accusing people of plagiarizing her editing style…like she invented cuts or adding special fx. Some folks are dumb.
A silly note about subjectivity: Where I live most Jewish people are from Eastern Europe. So any food from that part of the world is often considered to be Jewish even though the people who actually live there don't think of it as Jewish at all.
Plagiarism -- When I started some post-grad work I was surprised to find how broad the definition of 'plagiarism' seemed to have become. On the flip side that made avoiding it easier. Basically, phrases like 'I noticed', 'it seemed to me', 'I wondered why... ', 'X seemed to appear more often than I could find explanations for', etc. were sufficient 90 percent of the time. TBF, the papers we wrote were practice runs for journal article submissions so standards were at that level.
Some define plagiarism so broad that you practically need to invent your own alphabet to be “original.” One YouTuber a couple years ago accelerated the end of her career by accusing people of plagiarizing her editing style…like she invented cuts or adding special fx. Some folks are dumb.
A silly note about subjectivity: Where I live most Jewish people are from Eastern Europe. So any food from that part of the world is often considered to be Jewish even though the people who actually live there don't think of it as Jewish at all.
That’s kinda funny. It may not be Jewish, but it’s definitely ish. lol