{"id":5399,"date":"2018-07-06T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/8-plagiarism-myths-debunked\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T08:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:21:21","slug":"8-plagiarism-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/8-plagiarism-myths-debunked","title":{"rendered":"8 Plagiarism myths debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"page: WordSection1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"text-autospace: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/8-plagiarism-myths\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">infographic<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was originally published on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/\">Plagiarism Check.Org<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0and has been republished here with permission.<\/span><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"page: WordSection1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"text-autospace: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Plagiarism refers to stealing another person\u2019s work and representing it as your own.<\/p>\n<p>While not illegal itself (unless happening alongside copyright infringement), plagiarism can lead to excessive penalties as most professions consider it unethical and a serious breach of trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><i>So, avoiding plagiarism should be straightforward, right?<\/i><\/b><br \/>\nNot quite.<\/p>\n<p>Many factors can contribute a general misunderstanding of plagiarism: what it is, what the consequences are, and what alternatives are available. Add to that the pressure of a looming deadline, and it\u2019s no wonder so many myths about plagiarism are still in circulation.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see if we can clear up a few of them. Here are 8 common myths about plagiarism today.<\/p>\n<p>For a start, take a look at this neat infographic revealing the eight commonest ones:<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 Plagiarism Myths Debunked<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/8-plagiarism-myths\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1000.png\" alt=\"8 Plagiarism Myths Debunked Infographic by PlagiarismCheck.org\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2383],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5399","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plagiarism-in-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 Plagiarism myths debunked | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plagiarism is presenting someone else&#039;s\u00a0work as your own and is considered absolutely wrong. 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