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11-26-2009, 03:13 AM | #16 |
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Can't we just copy a plagiarism quiz from somewhere?
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11-26-2009, 08:42 AM | #17 | |
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I've done something very similar. Footnoted a historical fact that was apparently common knowledge within a particular area of the field.
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11-26-2009, 05:10 PM | #18 |
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http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/site...edge_quiz.html Just click the link...There's no reason to take up that much space here...
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11-26-2009, 05:29 PM | #19 |
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I have the same problem, when the people I know, know something, I assume everyone knows it. I have, however, learned to separate the people I know, and the people I know online.
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11-26-2009, 06:16 PM | #20 | |
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I generally know an awful lot less than the people around me know. I might know more about a couple of things, but mostly, once you take sci-fi trivia and a few very specific areas of British history out of the mix, I am utterly clueless most of the time about most stuff.
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11-26-2009, 11:35 PM | #21 |
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Seems to me from what I've been reading that Dana knows quite a bit.
I feel pretty much the same as you, except my areas of expertise are more towards Latin/Central American political history....so not very useful really. |
11-27-2009, 02:30 PM | #22 |
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11-27-2009, 02:34 PM | #23 |
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doh! lol!
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11-28-2009, 01:45 AM | #24 |
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This may be off topic but I was wondering something. Y'all know that if a mole(on your body) changes in shape or color, you should go to the doctor to have it checked out. I assumed this is common knowledge so I said to someone, "They say if a mole changes....(etc)...checked out." That person asked me, who are they? I was stumped. So, who are they or how should I have phrased the sentence, or am I simply saying it wrong?
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11-28-2009, 01:59 AM | #25 |
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I knew eventually you'd get it.
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11-28-2009, 02:14 AM | #26 | |
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11-28-2009, 09:08 AM | #27 | |
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0 incorrect (0%) 0 unanswered (0%) I'm surprised. I didn't know there were hard and fast rules.
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11-28-2009, 10:29 AM | #28 | |
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11-28-2009, 10:56 AM | #29 |
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God.
If god says it then it's common knowledge sure as eggs. It's probably in the bible somewhere. Skinheads Chaper 11 Verse 6 And the Lord spake to Wilhelmina and sayed unto her for Lo your mole is all weird-looking. you must have lain with the devil and ye shall be stoned to death. But wait, I'm'ma forgive thou if thou visitest with an dermatologiste.
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11-28-2009, 03:12 PM | #30 | |
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