Replacing a few words with synonyms does not automatically produce an original composition if the larger structure remains intact. The meaning, order, and rhetorical design may be almost unchanged.
Assessment should therefore consider more than the number of altered words: has the underlying organization of the expression actually changed? A substituted synonym may even weaken fluency, register, or the force of the original wording.
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Conclusion: Literary Borrowing, Iqtibas, Tadmeen, and the Final Arts of Composition
Replacing a few words with synonyms does not automatically produce an original composition if the larger structure remains intact. The meaning, order, and rhetorical design may be almost unchanged.
Assessment should therefore consider more than the number of altered words: has the underlying organization of the expression actually changed? A substituted synonym may even weaken fluency, register, or the force of the original wording.