on how to aviod plagiarism when rewritting articles inabook
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on how to aviod plagiarism when rewritting articles inabook
Can you be sued if you just rewrite paragraphs and sentences that sound similar to a self-development self-help articles from a book
if they were the first one to write about it?

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- The Mythwriter
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The other way, of course, is to put the exact text in your work, and cite it to give the original author credit. But the Baron is right, you should probably consult a professional to make absolutely sure you can't get in trouble one way or another. Once you get accused of plagiarism, your credibility is gone and no one will respect you ever again.
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- The Mythwriter
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Another way is to paraphrase what is being said; you know, you give a brief overview of the ideas another author has published, beginning with something like, "So-and-so says in his/her work, etc, followed by the paraphrase. You still have to cite the author and source, though.
My best advice is, why bother taking any risk? If what you're writing is original, you're usually not going to get sued. But if what you're doing is just trying to take something someone else has written, change it up a bit and presenting it as yours, that will get you in huge trouble. All this talk of 'matching sentences' can only happen if your glancing at their pages and typing different words alone the same lines at the same time.
There's nothing wrong with using someone else's ideas and writing about them, especially if you have something new or different to contribute. What you can never do is just use what they've written. Besides, people can tell it's a better author when it's all original. Even if you manage to get away with it legally, people are always quick to label anything that seems like plagiarism and spread the word like fire. Just look at poor Chris Paolini, and there's not even a solid argument for plagiarism there, in my opinion.
Sorry, am I preaching to the choir? Your last post was a little hard to decipher.
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