Plagiarism Exercise

Is this plagiarism? The red words are an exact copy of the passage from the book.

According to David Levinson, "there are three possible origins of the word massage, the most commonly known form of bodywork.  The first, from the French "maser" means to shampoo.  The second, from the Greek "massein" means to knead.  And the last, the Arabic "mas'h" means to press softly."

ANSWER:  NO. This is not plagiarism.  In the above example, credit was given to the author of the book that the information is coming from.  Also, using the quotation marks indicates the information came from another source. By citing the author and using quotation marks, by giving credit to the source, there is no plagiarism.

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