Plagerism

It is never right to copy someone else's words and then paste them in a document as if they were your own! That is called plagiarism. It's stealing from someone else, then probably lying about having done it. In the end, puts you in a bad light. Plagiarism is not a crime, but it is not considered ethical. In most academic situations, you can even have consequences such as not receiving a grade if you have taken someone else's work as your own. In some higher educational institutions, such as Universities, you could even be expelled!
 * Plagiarism**

It is acceptable, however to link to someone else's site and give a comment on why you think this is a good example of what you are talking about. You can also "quote" and give reference to what someone else has said.

For example on [] you can find this list of when plagiarism has occurred:

//"All of the following are considered plagiarism://

 * //turning in someone else's work as your own//
 * //copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit//
 * //failing to put a quotation in quotation marks//
 * //giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation//
 * //changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit//
 * //copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not."//

Follow [|this link] to read more about this topic and how it can be prevented.

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