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13 Dec 2018
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Why the act of writing an advertisement is called copywriting? Because people often copy something?
Why the act of writing an advertisement is called copywriting? Because people often copy something?
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13 Dec 2018
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I think the “copy” for an advertisement refers to the the words that will be copied/reproduced (复印, 复制) for printing or distribution. It does not refer to people copying another person’s work, which is plagiarism (抄袭, 剽窃).

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