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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Plagiarize
as we know, basically, to plagiarize means "to copy".
I found this sentence in a dictionary: He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period. the tanslation of this sentence into my language given in this dictionary means however "Most of the book was written by him by plagiarizing earlier studies of the period". thus i feel "plagiarize" in the example sentence cannot be understood as "to copy", but "to write sth. by copying". this is kind of perplexing to me. could someone clarify my confusions? tks a lot.
I found this sentence in a dictionary: He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period. the tanslation of this sentence into my language given in this dictionary means however "Most of the book was written by him by plagiarizing earlier studies of the period". thus i feel "plagiarize" in the example sentence cannot be understood as "to copy", but "to write sth. by copying". this is kind of perplexing to me. could someone clarify my confusions? tks a lot.
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Hi, He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period . the tanslation of this sentence into my language given in this dictionary means however "Most of the book was written by him by plagiarizing earlier studies of the period". thus i feel "plagiarize" in the example sentence cannot be understood as "to copy", but "to write sth.
- Hi, He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period .
- the tanslation of this sentence into my language given in this dictionary means however "Most of the book was written by him by plagiarizing earlier studies of the period".
- thus i feel "plagiarize" in the example sentence cannot be understood as "to copy", but "to write sth.
- by copying".
- If Tom plagiarizes book X, I would understand that he copied the words/ideas from book X.
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Hi,
He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period. the tanslation of this sentence into my language given in this dictionary means however "Most of the book was written by him by plagiarizing earlier studies of the period". thus i feel "plagiarize
He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period. the tanslation of this sentence into my language given in this dictionary means however "Most of the book was written by him by plagiarizing earlier studies of the period". thus i feel "plagiarize
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Dear Clive,
from what you said, i understand that my dictionary misuses the word in the example "He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period". Is my understanding right? if yes, i will feel very sorry for that because i always take this dictionary as one of the most authentic dictionaries.
from what you said, i understand that my dictionary misuses the word in the example "He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period". Is my understanding right? if yes, i will feel very sorry for that because i always take this dictionary as one of the most authentic dictionaries.
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Hi,
from what you said, i understand that my dictionary misuses the word in the example "He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period". Is my understanding right? if yes, i will feel very sorry for that because i always take this dictionary as one of the most authentic dictionaries.
My feeling is that this sentence
from what you said, i understand that my dictionary misuses the word in the example "He has plagiarized most of the book from earlier studies of the period". Is my understanding right? if yes, i will feel very sorry for that because i always take this dictionary as one of the most authentic dictionaries.
My feeling is that this sentence
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