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To: epicure who wrote (106671)	7/1/2005 3:58:34 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Did Coulter steal the "whole sentence"?

To: epicure who wrote (106671)	7/1/2005 4:02:24 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<< Plagiarism is very very naughty. >> Indeed it is. stanford.edu

To: epicure who wrote (106671)	7/1/2005 5:36:35 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

And let's not forget Lawrence Tribe (as I'm sure we'll be hearing his pomposity over the next several weeks.) gopusa.com And Joe Biden. If there was a non-plagiarism qualification for commenting on USSC nominees, the lefties would have no one to carry the liberal water.

To: epicure who wrote (106671)	7/1/2005 6:51:56 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 108807

Unfortunately many people do not understand plagiarism. Perhaps because there is at present no generally accepted definition of plagiarism. Different responsible academic institutions, media, and publishers all have somewhat different standards. There are different standards for how many words can be used from one author before it's plagiarism; whether it is sufficient to footnote or whether quotation marks must also be used, and if the latter what to do when the author changes a sentence minimally so it can no longer be quoted directly, and when using a phrase is plagiarism and when it has entered into common usage (if you refer to "Broadway Joe Namath" must you cite the original user of the phrase, or is it now in common enough use that it is no longer plagiarism?) Certainly in the vast middle there is agreement on what plagiarism is. But on the edges, there is decidedly not.