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Good day community.i hope you are doing good. I want to use this time to complete my achievement 3 task.i will use some few questions to explain"content etiquette"plagiarism.

What is plagiarism?

Webster online dictionary define plagiarism as the means where by a person steal and or use someone's ideas or words of another author's as one's own.

Type of plagiarism

• Mosaic plagiarism: This is when a person borrows or copy phrases/words from a source without using quotation marks.

• Direct plagiarism: is word for word transcription of a section of someone else work without adding and without using punctuation marks.

• Self plagiarism; occur when a person post his or her own previous work or mixes part of his previous work.

• Accidental plagiarism: occur when a person neglect to cite the source or misquote their source.

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Consequences of plagiarism

• It brings down votes on one's post
• It destroy one's reputation
• Plagiarism bring out the worst in people.

How to avoid plagiarism

• Learn how to properly cite reference.
• Paraphrase or quote from your own sources
• Use a plagiarism checker before you make a post.
• Commit to doing your own work.

Conclusion

Everyone should abstain from plagiarism because it is a bad act. And I will try my best to avoid plagiarism. Be creative.
Special thanks to: @ngoenyi @ubahjolly and @benton3