and the deadline for the proposal submission is two days from now. To complete
the background section of the proposal, Lee copies a few isolated sentences of
a journal paper written by another author. The copied sentences consist of
brief, factual, one-sentence summaries of earlier articles closely related to
the proposal, descriptions of basic concepts from textbooks, and definitions of
standard mathematical notations. None of these ideas is due to the other
author. Lee adds a one-sentence summary of the journal paper and cites it.
Does the copying of a few isolated sentences in this case
constitute plagiarism?
By citing the journal paper, has Lee given proper credit to
the other author?
Two to three paragraphs in your own words to help me
understand, please.
