<p>Hi, I've have a very important question to ask. I paid to edit my admission essays for only grammar and punctuation, is that plagiarism?</p>
<p>I am applying to Michigan University, and I read that "paying for essays? We know those websites too, thanks to google." Means they could track if I pay for my essay? How could they do this? And what I paid for is just grammar and punctuation, does that matter?</p>
<p>Plagiarism would be if wrote a portion (or all) of your essay.</p>
<p>Editing is entirely different and not plagiarism. It does not matter whether or not the services are paid for on a website or if you have a friend do it as a favor.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t be plagarism if they merely edited your work, but it’s usually more complicated than that. I have a friend whose parents paid $2,500 for a company to “edit” his two common app essays. He told me that before he wrote a word, this company met with him to discuss the topics of the essay. He was going to write about X and he ended up writing by Y – a topic they thought of after talking about his background. He wrote the first draft and they told him which parts to eliminate. They even went so far as to suggest sentences. In my mind this company crossed the line, but who am I? Either way, he was accepted ED to Dartmouth so it worked for him.</p>
<p>Editing is not plagarism, though I fail to see why you have to pay someone to do it. Just ask a friend.</p>
<p>Compare to the $2500 your friend paid, my $20 doesn’t sound matter.</p>
<p>Thank you u guys for telling me. The sentence from the website really scares me. In fact, I pay for editing because I was in a rush for a no-mistake essay. Also, I am not a native speaker, and most of my friends are not. Even if their English is good, I still believe more in professional. I once took a writing workshop, and I learned that most Americans think their grammar is good, while they do not know the mistake they make merely because they are native speaker.-quote from my professor</p>
<p>Old College Try, that kind of thing happens to pretty much all semi-rich applicants nowadays. At my school, a school known for its high tuition, all of our students purchase services from college admission companies. $2500 is nothing compared to the $10000 an average student at my school would pay.</p>
<p>holy ****… cash…! My mom read mine… and I checked for the squiggly lines in Word…:)</p>
<p>iPacman, I would hate to go to your school.</p>
<p>Grammar and punctuation is probably not plagiarism - but if your service is rewriting/ordering your sentences, then it probably is. Can you find a native-speaker friend or teacher to help you?</p>