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Having looked at a couple of downloaded papers, I think you are right. But also Turnitin includes the Bibliography which you may or may not allow as part of the students word count. And if the student is including their name and any other reference data on each page within the submission this will get counted. I must admit I tend not to worry unless the Turnitin Word Count is very different and might indicate the loss of part of the submission. Lynn J Shaw Head of Operational Management and Development Undergraduate Programmes -----Original Message----- From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Press, Alison Sent: 12 January 2009 17:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Wordcount in Turnitin We've not been using Turnitin all that long and one of our students has noticed a difference between the word count he gets in MS Word and the word count he gets at the top of his originality report. I'm guessing this is because Turnitin handles hyphenated words and things like 'e.g' as separate words when MS Word counts them as single entities. Does that sound right? ************************************************************************ * You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html ************************************************************************ * This email and the information it contains may be privileged and/or confidential. It is intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient you may not disclose, copy, distribute or retain any part of this message or attachments. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately [by clicking 'Reply'] and delete this email. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the ifs School of Finance , or any other brands that the ifs School of Finance may use. The ifs School of Finance is a registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter (Registered Charity Number 297107) whose address is 8th Floor, Peninsular House, 36 Monument Street, London, EC3R 8LJ. ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************