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INTRODUCTION

Ask any writer what is their greatest nightmare and they will tell you plagiarism. You will think hard and come up with some post. Some beautiful post. Some stylish post. Something with a final delivery then you put it on social media, trying to get some form of recognition or appreciation but somebody will copy the post remove your name and post it on his wall. At the end of the day you're losing all what you want to achieve because,the work has been stripped of its ownership and and is lying lost in social media .

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM ?

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism "as to steal and pass off ideas or words of another as one's own." source

In other words plagiarism is the process of collecting other people's word, ideas and lying about it afterwards. It is a fraudulent act.

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM

There are so many types of plagiarism but we will be talking about the four common types : Direct plagiarism, Mosaic plagiarism, Accidental plagiarism and self plagiarism source

(1 ) Direct plagiarism : This is the most harmful kind of plagiarism. Here, the person copies and paste and paste the original work without citing the source.

(2) Mosaic Plagiarism : This type of plagiarism is not always deliberate/intentional. Here, the plagiarist might have cited the sources of the content, but if he or she does not acknowledge the parts quoted then he or she is guilty of plagiarism

(3 ) Accidental plagiarism : When the plagiarist does not quote the phrases correctly or does not cite the sources where he or she has gotten the text adequately then he can be said to have committed accidental plagiarism

( 4 ) Self plagiarism : When a person copies and pastes part of their of their various works or publication for another project he or she have self plagiarized. Self plagiarism is common amongst students

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
There are various ways which one can avoid plagiarism. They include :

• State the sources you get your work from.
• When are quoting the author from a source, make use of quotation marks. When you paraphrase you can add your own ideas.
• Always credit the original author
• Make use of the 'plagiarism checker'
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After reading and understanding all there is to plagiarism as explained above one cannot but appreciate the importance of the "Proof of Brain" concept - a concept introduced by Steem to reward Steemians for doing their own works themselves ( that is using their brains). A concept that rewards originality.

Because of these rewards, Steemians are encouraged to do their own works or give citations when they use the works of others.

As we continue Steeeming, we should endeavour to do our own work or give credit to authors when we use their work. We should endeavour to be original as admonished by Steemit community, as plagiarism is bad, hurtful, kills the motivation to write and most importantly is a crime against the law .
Let's do better. Let's stop intellectual theft. Say NO TO PLAGIARISM.

I am glad for to have completed this task and I am sure my operations in this community will be seamless and sweet beacause :

I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them.

Thanks to @luckydrums for introducing me to this amazing community. Special shout out to @ngoenyi , @whitestallion. Bless up guys.