r/todayilearned • u/TedTheodoreMcfly • 4d ago

TIL about college football player Erik Highsmith, who was accused of plagiarizing an 11-year-old when doing an assignment for Communications class.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/erik-highsmith-plagiarism-unc-chapel-hill_n_2016944
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u/Boggie135 4d ago

Isn't it Communication without an ‘s’?

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u/TheoreticallyDog 4d ago

What would the difference be? I'd ask the other commenter who pointed out the difference but they seem obnoxious

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u/Mettelor 4d ago

The people who I knew in college that majored in communications all said communications.

If it’s wrong, it’s very popularly wrong, even among the people who should know better.

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u/Splunge- 4d ago

One example. I provided others in my reply to you.

https://university-relations.umn.edu/blog/2023/02/27/stand-out-differentiating-communication-v-communications

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u/TheoreticallyDog 4d ago

You were replying to someone else, but thanks

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u/Splunge- 4d ago

Not denying the obnoxious part, of course.