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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| + | {{incomplete|Created by JAYSON BLAIR (LOOK HIM UP) - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
| − | Search engines like Google | + | Search engines like Google usually autocorrect misspelled words, offering results with the correct spelling. Some people get help with hard-to-spell words by entering their best guess into Google, then copy-pasting the correct version. |
| − | Cueball has | + | Cueball has a humorously strict sense of {{dict|plagiarism}} in which copying ''individual words'' without attribution would be plagiarizing (appropriating the work of others without permission or credit), and this misplaced integrity makes him morally opposed to copying the word 'plagiarism' itself from Google. |
| − | + | It's not clear why Cueball couldn't just cite his source (Google Search) when including the word "plagiarism" in his document to avoid committing plagiarism according to his strict ethical code. If using MLA style, he could cite it as... | |
| − | " | + | "plagiarism - Google Search." Google, https://www.google.com/search?q=plagarism. Accessed 24 January 2024. |
| − | The title text | + | The title text takes Cueball's absurdist view of plagiarism one step further when says he only ever misspells words because he has too much integrity to rather not copy from the dictionary, an act he also considers to be plagiarism. Simply using a word doesn't require a citation, so it wouldn't be plagiarism to copy from the dictionary. Any style guide or professional editor would advise Cueball that correct spelling is much preferred to incorrect spelling or superfluous citations. And this is not one of those rare scenarios when a style guide might recommend citing a dictionary definition: |
| − | + | * Providing a definition: If you're using a specific, perhaps unusual or technical, definition from a dictionary to make a point in your writing. This is because the definition is serving as a source of evidence or support for your argument. | |
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| − | * Providing a definition: If you're using a definition from a dictionary to make a point in your writing. This is because the definition is serving as a source of evidence or support for your argument. | ||
* Etymology or historical usage: If you are discussing the etymology or historical evolution of a word. | * Etymology or historical usage: If you are discussing the etymology or historical evolution of a word. | ||
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:Why spelling "plagiarism" is especially hard | :Why spelling "plagiarism" is especially hard | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
