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[-] einlander@lemmy.world 26 points 20 hours ago

What makes it worse is it matching essays from other students in other schools that were turned in privately. Do they not expect people to say the same things when given the same topic?

[-] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 hours ago

To catch people selling or sharing essays online, I'd assume.

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 14 points 16 hours ago

I remember getting flagged on my sources and properly attributed quotes. I'm sorry joe schmoe and I both quoted the same article and used the same quote from it.

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