point of view or comment in my essay, for instance?
i.e if i was to use in an essay, the answers people gave me to a question, on answers.yahoo.com, (about their point of view on the a paraticular subject)? would that be plagiarizing even if its just random points of view on something?
2007-08-01 11:58:16 · 4 answers · asked by herana 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Just make sure that you give them credit for their ideas, and you're golden.
2007-08-01 12:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is usually the case that proper attribution makes you look smarter than does the representation, even if the audience buys it, that the idea is your own.
The way to argue is to start with a premise that is 99% accepted by both sides and then show how the logical progression from that premise is directly to your point. A good way to do that is to use quotes from the other "side" in a debate either to expose what it is really about or to show that they're seeking the right ends using the wrong means.
F.A. Hayek did all of this brilliantly in The Road to Serfdom.
2007-08-01 19:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by truthisback 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might still be a copyright violation to take the structure and overall style of a story -- but that gets into a fuzzier area.
As for plagiarism -- that's dependent on the school's (or company's) policy for what counts as original works....
If you mentioned your source, and say that you got such-and-such an answer as part of an online poll - that's no longer plagiarism because you are not claiming the idea was your original work.
2007-08-01 19:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you use someone's idea without providing the source of that idea (thus claiming the idea as your own) you are committing an act of plagiarism.
I will provide a source, so nobody thinks I am plagiarisng.
2007-08-01 19:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by Dan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋