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Latina Accused of Plagiarizing After Using ‘Hence’ in Essay
New York Post ^ | October 30, 2016 | Linda Massarella

Posted on 11/03/2016 7:45:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Bronx Latina wants to teach her professor a lesson.

Tiffany Martinez said in a blog posting last week that she was publicly humiliated when one of her professors at Suffolk University in Boston accused her of plagiarizing her sociology essay simply because she used the transition word “hence.”

She said the professor rudely tossed the paper back to her in front of the class, saying loudly, “This is not your language.”

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To: lee martell

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41 posted on 11/03/2016 9:56:22 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: lee martell

http://pepe-the-frog.com/news/kraken/2016-01-11-398

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42 posted on 11/03/2016 10:01:13 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Jonty30

He’s asking her to cite a source? If she didn’t attribute it, and still HAS a source, THAT is plagiarism.


43 posted on 11/03/2016 10:16:22 PM PDT by DesertRhino (November 8, America's Brexit!!!)
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To: Jonty30

She should just cite Merriam-Webster.


44 posted on 11/03/2016 10:22:13 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: nickcarraway

Should a used ‘therefore’


45 posted on 11/03/2016 10:33:10 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: nickcarraway
I find it slightly disconcerting how a college senior doesn't know that hence, as a transition word, should be preceded by a semi-colon and followed by a comma. This rule also applies to therefore and however, as well. You should not use these words at the start of a sentence.

That being said, her professor is an idiot.

46 posted on 11/03/2016 10:53:10 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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To: nickcarraway

In high school I had a list of words that I liked to use for essays that I would rarely use otherwise. I called it my BS list and used them to make my answers be more than just the facts I knew. Sometimes they were just fillers to make my essay meet the required amount of words needed. Never failed to get me a better grade.


47 posted on 11/03/2016 11:04:34 PM PDT by CARDINALRULES (Tough times never last -Tough people do. DK57 --RIP 6-22-02)
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To: VideoPaul

So... YOU wrote it for her! (g)


48 posted on 11/04/2016 12:15:29 AM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Only kidding.)
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To: nickcarraway

Whoops - did the prof screw the pooch?


49 posted on 11/04/2016 2:50:23 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: nickcarraway
He marked "this is not your word". I'd wager he's familiar with the article/source she copied the phrase from w/o citing it.

Trying to teach her a valuable lesson and she wants to cry.

50 posted on 11/04/2016 4:11:48 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

You could be an Australopithecan if you really wanted. But dirt is much older than the flood.


51 posted on 11/04/2016 2:03:19 PM PDT by zaxtres
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To: zaxtres

The definition I was going for is the ridiculously old-fashioned one, but bravo.


52 posted on 11/04/2016 2:19:01 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: nickcarraway
Few people talk the way they write and there is a world of deference between the way they write informally, for example on Facebook or a chat room, and the way they would write a school paper.
53 posted on 11/04/2016 2:23:55 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
For example if this had been a school paper I would have caught that I should have used the word "difference" rather then "deference".

Never post between coming home from work and dinner.

54 posted on 11/04/2016 2:29:41 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: Windflier
As a sophomore in college, I took a medical sociology course. A research paper was a major part of the grade. On the last day of class, the professor passed out all the graded papers, except for mine. He announced: "Mr. Schulin, please see me after class." When I came to him, he said "I don't know where you plagiarized your paper from, but this far exceeds what an undergraduate could produce. You get an F for the paper and for the class." I smiled and said "Dr. Tavani, I'm glad to hear you say this exceeds your expectations for any undergraduate, because I'm sure that after I show you my research file, you will have no doubt that I wrote this paper myself. I expect nothing less than a A." He agreed to wait for an hour while I drove home and retrieved my 4x6 card fileboxes. I ended up getting the only A in the class.

I didn't begrudge my professor's initial poor opinion of me. I was delighted to learn that I exceeded his expectation of what was possible.

55 posted on 11/06/2016 9:09:43 PM PST by Steve Schulin (Cheap electricity gives your average Joe a life better than kings used to enjoy)
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To: Steve Schulin

Good for you, Steve. Great story!


56 posted on 11/06/2016 9:12:38 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: nickcarraway

A Bronx Latina is probably a Puerto Rican woman who is Americanized. Therefore, the word “hence” is not outside the realm of her vocabulary. Think of Jennifer Lopez using the word hence — totally believable.

I’m a Puerto Rican woman raised in Puerto Rico and I use “hence” all the time.

The funny part about this is that the professor is most likely a liberal jerk who just stereotyped this woman.


57 posted on 06/11/2017 3:14:12 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: Paul R.
Even common words, ( for example the word, “squirrel”) are not used frequently.

When learning Spanish I often thought about how hard it is to learn common vocabulary that isn't used often when speaking, reading, or writing.

58 posted on 06/11/2017 3:27:46 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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