26 Common Examples of Plagiarism
Let’s have a look at a few common examples of plagiarism, using the same essay excerpt as on the previous page. The student’s ideas are in Bold, borrowed ideas are in Italics.
Example 1: Can you spot what is wrong?
Example using APA citation style
Although Canada’s multicultural policy is liberal and democratic in its goals, there are reason to be skeptical about its value. The state should not enshrine differences into policy, but should rather aim to treat everyone the same, or more accurately, provide the conditions such that all members of society can have access to equal opportunities. One could even argue that a multicultural policy magnifies cultural differences instead of promoting a homogenous diversity. The policy has also been attacked for promoting the interests of the English-Canadian majority and is indeed designed to further the capitalist inters of the “elites”. At the core of the argument however, is the question of whether or not the policy is any good…
Example 2: Can you spot what is wrong?
Example using APA citation style
Although Canada’s multicultural policy is liberal and democratic in its goals, there are reason to be skeptical about its value. Detractors argue that the state should not enshrine differences into policy, but should rather aim to treat everyone the same, or more accurately, provide the conditions such that all members of society can have access to equal opportunities (Barry, 2001). One could even argue that a multicultural policy magnifies cultural differences instead of promoting a homogenous diversity. The policy has also been attacked for promoting the interests of the English-Canadian majority(Day &Sadick, 2002) and is indeed designed to further the capitalist interests of the “elites”. At the core of the argument however, is the question of whether or not the policy is any good…
Example 3: Can you spot what is wrong?
Example using APA citation style
Although Canada’s multicultural policy is liberal and democratic in its goals, there are reason to be skeptical about its value. Detractors argue that the state should not enshrine differences into policy, but should rather aim to treat everyone the same, or more accurately, provide the conditions such that all members of society can have access to equal opportunities . One could even argue that a multicultural policy magnifies cultural differences instead of promoting a homogenous diversity. The policy has also been attacked for promoting the interests of the English-Canadian majority. Some go even further the capitalist interests of the “elites”. (Barry, 2001 Day & Sadick, 2002; Mitchell, 1996). At the core of the argument however, is the question of whether or not the policy is any good…
Paragraph adapted from an essay by Paul Li and used with permission
Source: (Li, 2010, p. 11)
