A student at McGill University has won the right to have his assignments marked without first submitting them to an American, anti-plagiarism website.
—McGill student wins fight over anti-cheating website (CBC)
As a former resident of Canada, I couldn’t repress a smirk at the CBC’s need to identify the website as “American” in the lead. (The site is TurnitIn.com.)
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Hey, no problem! I just want to make sure you got the stuff.
OK, will do. Yes, Clancy, I did get your ms… I knew there was something I should have been doing today! I’ll try to get to that in the next few days.
You should post this on Kairosnews! Hey, did you get the review materials I sent for the blog collection?