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So I was proofreading for one of my friends...

riseofthrawn: and lol, a couple things link to wikipedia

Chris: yeah is that bad

riseofthrawn: very, since we have to have it on a disk for that one thing

Chris: oh shit so how does he expect us to get any info if we cant copy any of it down
Chris: i didnt copy it word for word or anything

riseofthrawn: yeah but still

Chris: maybe a few words but its not like i copied and paste or anything
Chris: see i dont get how to write papers at all
Chris: i just go with it
Chris: and thats why i get D's

riseofthrawn: well i think the general ideas seem ok
riseofthrawn: organization and flow aren't spectacular

Chris: so what do i do about the wikipedia thing
Chris: yeah
Chris: like i said i suck at writing

riseofthrawn: you backspace over those parts and actually type it yourself

Chris: what
Chris: what parts
Chris: i did type it myself

riseofthrawn: well some words link to wiki

Chris: i basically paraphrased it
Chris: really hows that work

riseofthrawn: 3rd paragraph, "soldiers" "parachuting" "airborn force" and "WWII"

Chris: oh are u talkin about the underlined words and stuff

riseofthrawn: yes

Chris: oh i see what u mean the machine will track those words back to wiki

riseofthrawn: yeah since you know, it's an embedded link

Chris: yeah i didnt realize that
Chris: im the person he described as plagirising but didnt know it

riseofthrawn: haha

Chris: and i really dont either
Chris: i thought me typing it out would keep it from doin that
Chris: so how do i fix it

riseofthrawn: well i have no idea, since if you just typed it yourself, it wouldn't do that

Chris: yeah
Chris: thats what i thought
Chris: but how did u know it came from there
Chris: those words

riseofthrawn: just a sec and i'll show you

riseofthrawn: http://img259.echo.cx/img259/4324/4566po.jpg look at that [his email removed for MF viewing]

Chris: how does it do that
Chris: maybe i copied and paste those words and didnt realize it

riseofthrawn: hahaha

Chris: ?
Chris: ?
Chris: let me retype those words and see if it changes

riseofthrawn: how can you accidentally copy/paste something

Chris: like i paste it and retype next to it and just filled it in with my own words but just fogot to delete it

riseofthrawn: ahahah

Chris: forgot
Chris: so how is it that is does that on urs
Chris: ive never seen that before

riseofthrawn: because you copied it in an email

Chris: oh

riseofthrawn: but put the mouse over one of them on word and it'll do the same thing, minus the thing at the bottom

Chris: oh i never realize that
Chris: look at that one

riseofthrawn: still does it on "WWII"

Chris: What man
Chris: ok that was the last oe
Chris: one
Chris: other than that what else

riseofthrawn: those are the only ones that i see

Did I mention this is a 400 point assignment for a teacher who is an expert on D-Day?

thanks for the fresh reading material I'll get right on it