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Submission Alerts: Word Usage Pattern Irregularity

I am writing to seek guidance regarding a warning that appeared in my recent Similarity Report:

"Word Usage Pattern Irregularity: This assignment may have used formatting techniques to avoid matching against our database."

 I would like to understand how to resolve this issue to ensure my submissions are compliant with Turnitin’s guidelines. Could you all kindly advise:

  1. Specific formatting practices that might trigger this warning?
  2. Recommended steps to reformat my document (e.g., font, spacing, or text encoding) to prevent this alert in the future?
  3. Whether this warning affects the accuracy of the Similarity Score.

Thank you

1 reply

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    • Digital Customer Experience Manager
    • Audrey_turnitin
    • 3 days ago
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    Hi  -

    This is strange! Our recommendation is to fill out a Support Ticket and include a screenshot, so that our team can help more directly with this unique situation.

    I hope this helps-

    Audrey, Turnitin Team

Content aside

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