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Sailsofoblivion Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Is this paraphrasing?

I read something nice on Tumblr, and would like to incorporate the image into a story, but I don't want to paraphrase it. Is what I've got too close to the original sentence?

My sentence:

“I have never seen anything as beautiful as the way that the waves gently kiss the shore.”

Original:

“Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.”
  

Top answer

sailsofoblivion Is what I've got too close to the original sentence? waves kiss the shore', so if you keep that, it makes little difference how much change you make with the surrounding text.

— Mister Micawber

  • sailsofoblivion Is what I've got too close to the original sentence?
  • waves kiss the shore', so if you keep that, it makes little difference how much change you make with the surrounding text.
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sailsofoblivionIs what I've got too close to the original sentence?
What you are paraphrasing is the metaphor 'beautiful...waves kiss the shore', so if you keep that, it makes little difference how much change you make with the surrounding text.
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Mister Micawber sailsofoblivionIs what I've got too close to the original sentence?What you are paraphrasing is the metaphor 'beautiful...waves kiss the shore', so if you keep that, it makes little difference how much change you make with the surrounding text.
Thank you! That's what I was thinking, do you think it would work to change it to:

"“I have
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I would just use 'lap' (lap3 - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lap?r=66 ) myself, but yours is fine.
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