Exercise 11
1. The text below is an original paragraph from a book titled “The Americans: The Democratic Experience,” published in 1973 by Daniel J. Boorstin, page 390.
Still, the telephone was only a convenience, permitting Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before.
Below are some examples, some good and some not-so-good, of how you might incorporate this information into a paper. What do you think—are these examples plagiarism, or not?
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The telephone was a convenience, enabling Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before. |
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Daniel J. Boorstin argues that the telephone was only a convenience, permitting Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before.
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Daniel J. Boorstin has noted that most Americans considered the telephone as simply "a convenience," an instrument that allowed them "to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before" (1973, p.390).
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The introduction of the phone in this country simplified the lives of many people who viewed it as a way to do easier and in less formal manner what they already used to. |
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According to Daniel J. Boorstin (1973), the telephone simplified the lives of many people who viewed it as a way to do easier and in less formal manner what they already used to. |
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“Still,
the telephone was only a convenience, permitting Americans to do more
casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before”
(Boorstin,
1973, p.390).
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