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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOh shit DU, the plagiarism just became actually funny.
So another student in my class replied to the post by P. Plagiarizer.
And used the quote that I made up to make a point, then said this was from our book.
It's like the Marx Brothers of plagiarism. Seriously, I'm going to go to a better school and I will not let you know which one I attend now, to protect the names of the innocent.
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Oh shit DU, the plagiarism just became actually funny. (Original Post)
originalpckelly
Apr 2012
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In the case of the reply, that sounds like mistaken attribution, not plagiarism.
Renew Deal
Apr 2012
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Renew Deal
(81,858 posts)1. In the case of the reply, that sounds like mistaken attribution, not plagiarism.
originalpckelly
(24,382 posts)3. Of course, I meant to say though...
that the student obviously had no idea what was in the essay the class was assigned to read.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)2. Funny. The professor will most likely notice. nt
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)4. Hey, it's postmodern scholarship!