I was taught all through high school and even middle school not to plagiarize. The libraiains spent days learning drilling into our heads what is was, and how to prevent ourselves from doing so. Also they told us the consequences of what would happen to us if we did. These articles were pretty much just a review of everything I have learned already. My high school made it clear to us, we would fail and get in further trouble if we were caught plagiarizing. Therefore, I make sure I am not caught copying and pasting things, and if I do I use quote makes and say who said it. Then I analyze what the person said after that. I think most people unintentionally plagiarize because they were not educated enough on what it is considered to plagiarize; just like the Gabriel article said. I think the people who do copy and paste things are just the lazy ones, who waited last minute to do their own work. The only plagiarism I never really heard talked about before was Mosaic plagiarism. To make sure I do not plagiarize I copy the sources I got my information from immediately after copying done the information. I also try to get articles actually in print, because it is hard enough for me to read things online and stay focused, so I would not be able to copy and paste it from an online article to a word document.
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