Although paraphrasing with synonyms is often unintended, there is
a punishment for plagiarism.
After the detection of plagiarism, the student could get expelled from the university, and a specialist could get fined or fired. Any plagiarism is a gross violation of academic ethics and is considered a criminal offense if the author receives money for his work.
Here are a few tips on
how to avoid plagiarism:
- When working with numerous sources, get a separate folder where you can store quotes you'll use. Highlight them and double-check that you specified the authors correctly.
- Change the sentence structure and add your idea and opinion. If you're working on an article for a blog – change the paragraph structure.
- Use accurate tools to check for plagiarism.
The Skandy synonym detector will specify all matching cases in your text and show the sources the phrases were taken from. You can, thus, improve your work and not stress about it.