Hello Steemians!!! I fortified myself today with the knowledge of plagiarism to help keep the steemit ecosystem healthy. I therefore give thanks to @cryptokannon for the acievement 3 post that guided me to do so. My article on it is as follows.

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
Plagiarism is simply the act to of stealing someone's work and portraying it as your own.
In such a situation, the work is seen by other users as authentic and original without the knowledge that this is someone else's work being lifted.

In order to avoid commiting plagiarism, works must be cited. " CITATION is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source." ^Source

Plagiarism comes in multiple forms. I will explain the most common ones below.

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1. Global plagiarism : This is the act of copying someone's work entirely and presenting it as your own. Thus, if you let someone do your homework for you in order to present as your own, you commit plagiarism. This is because, there is a lie governing who truly wrote the work piece.^Source

For instance, "Babies are born with about 300 bones, but by the time they reach adulthood, these bones will have fused together to form 206 bones." Here I quote the entire work piece without the acknowledgement of the author. Therefore, I commit the offence.

The proper way is "Babies are born with about 300 bones, but by the time they reach adulthood, these bones will have fused together to form 206 bones." ^Source

1. Paraphrasing Plagiarism: Anytime paraphrased knowledge is based on someone else's work, since the user is not the original author, it must be cited. Also, in paraphrasing someone's work, there are certain things to consider; include your own sentence structure, be reflective of the original work and do not include your opinions.^Source

For example

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Plagiarism is a serious offense and bears serious repercussions. I would therefore urge everyone to desist from such acts.

I would like to thank @cryptokannon for the achievement 3 post which guided me through this.

To the attention of @cryptokannon

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