There's no doubt about   " is damage or complete destruction of sensory hair 
cells."   The rest is highly suspect, i.e., what the student wrote is not 
semantically different enough (for me) to judge that it involves any 
synthesis/summary of several ideas.  The important thing to me is how things 
appear in the rest of the paper, esp just before and after the part quoted 
above.

Just my $.02.   D
    

David K. Hogberg, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Albion College, Albion MI 49224
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>>> "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> 05/10/09 2:17 PM >>>
OK, I need a quick show of hands--plagiarism or not?

Here is the sentence from the paper:

   When hearing loss exists, the main cause is damage or complete destruction 
of sensory hair cells.


Here is the sentence from the article:

   The principle cause of hearing loss is damage to or complete destruction of 
sensory hair cells.


I am encountering this so often, I'm starting to question my own judgment.


Thanks,
Carol


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