Paraphrasing

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What does the word "paraphrasing" mean? Does it mean to paraphrase sentences in paragraphs?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

What does the word "paraphrasing" mean? Does it mean to paraphrase sentences in paragraphs?

It has nothing to do with paragraphs. It just means to say something in different words.

Clive

Roberta Gallant · Answer

Hello, Clive -

Would you please give me a very good example of something sentences in different words?

Thank you,

Roberta

Concord, New Hampshire

Clive · Answer

Hi,

What does the word "paraphrasing" mean?

Can you please supply me with a definition of the term 'paraphrasing.?

Clive

Slave88 · Answer

Hi Clive,

paraphrasing is a technique or skill that uses your own words to rewrite and present the information or opinions of other people.

The following example is what I copied from the web (...I am not doing paraphrasing actually, I am plagiarizing.."

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The original passage:

Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47.

A legitimate paraphrase:

In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47).

An acceptable summary:

Students should take just a few notes in direct quotation from sources to help minimize the amount of quoted material in a research paper (Lester 46-47).

A plagiarized version:

Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes.

...so I hope it will help you to understand what is paraphrasing....

Slave88

Clive · Answer

Hoi,

You have misunderstood my last post, in which I said -

What does the word "paraphrasing" mean?

Can you please supply me with a definition of the term 'paraphrasing.?

What I did, in the above two sentences, was paraphrase the original poster's question as an example of paraphrasing.

Best wishes, Clive

Roberta Gallant · Answer

Thank you, Clive, for paraphraising the original poster's question as an example of paraphrasing. Now I know what you mean.

Roberta

Concord, New Hampshire

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