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Sam Hall

03-08-2007 10:37 PM

I hope that guy tries his little trick and gets in trouble. You can barely see a normal, 12-pt. period. The 14-pt. period looks like a bold 12-pt. period. Anyone who needs to cheat like that shouldn't be in college.

BucEyedPea

03-08-2007 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam Hall

Yeah! Well I had a kid actually miss his final and filed an appeal because he didn't pass. And someone, literally cut and paste off the net, without chaning the fonts and sizes....it was so obvious. I had to do was type some lines in on Google and Voila! There's always a few.

Rausch

03-08-2007 11:35 PM

Helvetica font. Stretched a 4 page to a 4 and 3/4 page paper.

It was a required 6 but it became 7 after a little font-finagling...

OnTheWarpath15

03-08-2007 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

Helvetica font. Stretched a 4 page to a 4 and 3/4 page paper.

It was a required 6 but it became 7 after a little font-finagling...

You shouldn't be in college, and you're going to hell.

Rausch

03-08-2007 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

You shouldn't be in college,

I'm not, at the moment.

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

...and you're going to hell.

You want me to save you a parking space or something?...

OnTheWarpath15

03-08-2007 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

I'm not, at the moment.

You want me to save you a parking space or something?...

Yes, thank you.....

:p

Pitt Gorilla

03-08-2007 11:59 PM

OR, you could add depth to your arguments. Honestly, I've never cared about the length of the paper. The content has to be well-developed, reflective, and well-organized.

Rausch

03-09-2007 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

OR, you could add depth to your arguments. Honestly, I've never cared about the length of the paper. The content has to be well-developed, reflective, and well-organized.

Exactly why the 7th draft is essential to the writer with ADHD...

Demonpenz

03-09-2007 12:02 AM

i put one page in how kendrell bell sucks against guarding the flat. my prof loved it

Mr. Kotter

03-09-2007 12:13 AM

As a teacher, this is great to know. :D

FWIW, I specify WORD COUNT within a specified range. :)

Silock

03-09-2007 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

OR, you could add depth to your arguments. Honestly, I've never cared about the length of the paper. The content has to be well-developed, reflective, and well-organized.

I never have a problem with minimum page lengths. My problem is verbal diarrhea. It's hard for me to use just a few words to get my point across.

However, you have to admit that some professors specify minimum page lengths simply as an exercise in time wasting. If I can answer the question in 4 pages, why make me write 7?

StcChief

03-09-2007 07:34 AM

Minimums should be word count...Content over length.

teedubya

03-09-2007 07:37 AM

girth over length.

DaFace

03-09-2007 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

Another prof, here.

I hate reading papers, so I usually specify a maximum length rather than a minimum length.

This period trick acutally changes the space in between lines (try it in Word). If I was anal about page length, I would use a ruler to measure the spacing between lines and the characters per inch and would catch this in a second. If I determined that the deception was intentional I would penalize the hell out of you. No one wants to be played for a fool.

Yep. If you're really in the mood to do that, you might as well just change the line spacing under Format: Paragraph.

JimNasium

03-09-2007 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

I have done that a few times...

If you really want to make a paper beefy... It is simple and the professors love you for it, just quote stuff and do it properly..
Hell if you quote a paragraph you have to indent it on both sides.

Yep, lot's of quotes single-spaced and double indented. Then you spend the following paragraph commenting on the quote. Writing a 10-page paper is a breeze. Those that complain are pussies. Now a 40-50 page paper...well, that's not for the faint at heart.

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