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 T1971
 
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							| I would like to clarify one of my doubts about worksheets uploaded here.  If I change the name of the characters or if I take a line from a text I take from a book, will it make the text "original" or "mine"? Or if I don �t indicate the source, will it be OK to be here with all these texts created by teachers? (because no one copies texts from books!!) I have to confess that I am quite disappointed with this site policies... How many worksheets are here with texts taken from books?!   Thanks for reading me... Have a great week!    |  13 Jun 2011      
					
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 LILIAAMALIA
 
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							| Well texts shouldn �t be copied from ESL books. If you use a text from another source you should mention it and you have to create somekind of activity to go with it. If you �re implying that you �ve come across texts from ESL books then you should report them. |  13 Jun 2011     
					
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 T1971
 
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							| Why not? If I add my own exercises to it? Yes, I have come across with some! People use the text taken from ESL books and then they add some of their own exercises, as I did too.  |  13 Jun 2011     
					
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 Mabdel
 
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							| Dearest friend! Hope you �re doing well! As Amalia stated above it �s against the rules. It �s obviously clarified in the instructions :
 You can use texts from other websites or 
		books in your worksheets if you add your own exercises or activities (For example, reading 
		comprehension questions, etc). Please don �t take texts from other ESL 
		websites or books, it would be unfair.
 
 Hope you get the point now.
 Wish you all the best.
 
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 T1971
 
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							| Thank you very much! I am more than clarified! 
 Best wishes  |  13 Jun 2011     
					
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