Original version

The patterns which control a portion of the world, are themselves fairly simple But when they interact, they create slightly different overall configurations at every place. This happens because no two places on earth are perfectly alike in their conditions. And each small difference, itself contributes to the difference in conditions which the other patterns face

References; Alexander, C$,(1979),$ The timeless way of building $($Vol$,1),$ New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA

Student version

Alexander connects simple patterns to the apparent complexity that seems to surround us$.$ The fact that no two places on earth are perfectly alike means that when simple patterns interact they create slightly different overall configurations at every place. This is analogous to the way that the result of math equation can be changed using different variables. Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?

Word$-$for$-$Word plagiarism

Paraphrasing plagiarism

This is not plagiarism