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PLAGIARISM QUESTION!!!?

Is it plagiarism if you ask a question on a website such as Yahoo Answers and copy the answers given to you?

Update:

But arnt they giving you permission to use the answer?

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  • .
    Lv 7
    6 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    It depends on the extent of the copying and whether that information is common knowledge. For example, "Japan bombed Peal Harbor on December 7, 1941." is common knowledge and you would not need to cite it.

    But if you copied this, word-for-word, without citing the source, then it would be plagiarism:

    Basically, before Pearl Harbor was attacked, America was technically neutral. (Through lend lease, America did provide the allies with supplies and arms, but the US did not declare war or send troops to Europe.) In 1941, of course you know that Japanese planes bombed the naval base at Hawaii (aka Pearl Harbor). The next day, FDR referred to the day of the attacks as the "day that will live in infamy" and declared war on Japan. Before this, many Americans wanted to stay neutral (because WWI was extremely deadly, and Americans didn't feel that the war in Europe was "their" war), but NOW, since Japan attacked them, they decided that they would fight. As the person said above, it was pretty much "you attacked us, so now we're going to war against you."

  • eri
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Yes, that's plagiarism. You're using someone else's answer and claiming it's your own.

    Source(s): professor
  • 6 years ago

    Word for word, without crediting the author---YES

    Even if you paraphrase a direct quote---the author must be given credit.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    Yes, of course it is plagiarism, you hopelessly stupid goop. What they fcuk do you THINK "plagiarism" means?

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  • 6 years ago

    Only if someone finds out about it !

  • 6 years ago

    Not exactly but try to say it in your own words

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