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Is it wrong to create a paragraph by combining the words from a number of different sources?

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Is it wrong to create a paragraph by combining the words from a number of different sources?

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No, it is not necessarily wrong although it is usually poor scholarship and should be avoided. If you do create a paragraph using different sources, each source must be properly referenced where it appears so that the reader of your work knows exactly where to go to read the original document.