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cccclaire · 3 Aug 2008, 10:39 AM

i don't think so for facts, but for opinions then I think you would be penalised.

Say the subject is biology or chemistry, generally the text book will explain a fact in the most correct and compact way, if you were to change it into your own words you would probably be dumbing it down or making it longer. So for facts I think copying word for word is fine.

Say it's like economics and theres someones economic predictions in the book, then to copy it as your own work would be plagerism I think.

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cccclaire Premium Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 667 Last Activity: 9 Jun 2009, 5:54 PM	Re: Question about plagerism i don't think so for facts, but for opinions then I think you would be penalised. Say the subject is biology or chemistry, generally the text book will explain a fact in the most correct and compact way, if you were to change it into your own words you would probably be dumbing it down or making it longer. So for facts I think copying word for word is fine. Say it's like economics and theres someones economic predictions in the book, then to copy it as your own work would be plagerism I think.