We Tagged 847 Plagiarism Flags Across 30 Reports. Here's What We Found.

If you've ever run your writing through a plagiarism checker and been confused by the score, you're not alone.
We pulled 30 real plagiarism reports from Turnitin, Copyleaks, and Grammarly. Tagged all 847 individual flags by type. And found something most people don't expect.
61.7% of all flags were not plagiarism at all.
Eight patterns accounted for nearly 90% of every match. Common phrases, properly cited text, reference lists, standard terminology. These are what inflate most scores, not actual copying.
The blog breaks down each pattern, shows how much it inflates your score, and tells you exactly which flags need fixing and which ones are noise.
Full analysis: analyzed-30-plagiarism-reports-patterns
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