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Michelle Obama's speech was not plagiarized by Melania Trump from the 2008 Democratic National Convention: That is the story Donald Trump's campaign is currently sticking to. Though the vast majority of all Melania Trump's speech was seemingly first, there were just two lines which were undoubtedly close to what Michelle Obama said it 2008.

Here is how Dictionary.com defines plagiarism: "An act or example of utilizing or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another writer without authorization and the representation of the author's work as one's own, as by not devoting." It stems from the Latin term plagium, which means kidnapping.

There is a plagiarism checker which writers can use. When part of Melania Trump's speech was put into the tool on Grammarly.com, the site concluded, "Significant plagiarism was discovered." "We've found significant plagiarism on your text and also have discovered 6 writing problems," the site said. Though the spelling and paragraph construction was true, Grammarly showed there was issues with grammar, punctuation, improvement, style and, obviously, plagiarism. "From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values which you work hard for what you want in life, that word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, which you treat individuals with respect.

They taught and showed me values and morals in their daily lives. That is a lesson that I continue to pass along to our son. And we have to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. Because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limitation to your own accomplishments is the potency of dreams and your willingness to work for them." The Trump Campaign denies that the former supermodel did something wrong. "To think that she would do something like this knowing how inspected her speech was going to be last night is simply really absurd," Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort told CNN Tuesday. "There's no cribbing of Michelle Obama's speech. These were common words and values. She cares about her family." Melania Trump, July 18, 2016, pictured, was accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama's speech from the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

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