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Article:
Is Someone Plagiarizing Your Work? by: Michael Southon About two weeks ago I received an article submission that immediately attracted my attention. The title was identical to the title of an article I wrote and which was published in 'WebProNews' in May 1999. 'Probably just a coincidence', I thought to myself, and kept reading. But the first paragraph stopped me in my tracks. It was quite clearly plagiarized from my article. As I kept reading I recognized sentence after sentence that had been lifted from my article and then modified slightly. The whole article was plagiarized. I could hardly believe it. As the English say, I was 'gob-smacked'. What Is Plagiarism? 'Plagiarism' comes from the Latin word 'plagiarius
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