ACTIVITIES 4 - Chapter 9

Viven
American Culture
Plagiarism
03/01/2010

Plagiarism is a serious thing that affects the author's property. I feel plagiarism is very seriously in the United States. However, it is normal things in China. Although the school said no plagiarism, we can see any plagiarism in our school lives. The school do not paid more attention to this regulation. Anyway, plagiarism in the United States is more serious than in China.

Sometimes we want to explain what the speaker said we can use footnotes. If you use other people’s sentences or essay, you must write down their name or the source of the information. In China, we use quotation marks when we wrote down or type others’ ideas. Also, we use quotation if we use what someone said. And we use quotation marks in writing if you want to stress the word or some words are special and important. Sometimes we should explain where you got the information after you use it, so you should write down the book’s name. For example, you use a sentence from a magazine, you should tell readers the magazine’s name.

In my opinion, the rules in China and the rules in the United States are similar. They all have some serious punishment to solve these problems. I think in China, there are a lot of plagiarisms in our lives and some people ignore the law. In the United States, I can not see any plagiarism and every genuine book are very expensive. I feel the rules in the United States are better.