I have always been a bit unclear on when paraphrasing verges on = plagiarism. When one is citing a paper (freely giving credit for the = idea being expressed) and paraphrasing so as to avoid plagiarism and = avoid the need for quotes (which seem lame when over-used), it is = sometimes tempting to stay fairly close to the original wording because = it is difficult to say the thing any better. How much must one change = the wording to avoid plagiarism? If one uses ANY PORTION of a comment = identically to the original statement, must quotes be used? Certainly, = if an entire sentence is duplicated, quotes would be mandatory. But what = about where a portion of a sentence is the same, with other portions = modified?
Or should one always strive for a radically different sentence = construction to convey the same idea, still of course citing the source = of the idea?
