Hello Everyone! Today I'm gonna write about the topic "What is Plagiarism?". This is a very essential thing. Let's talk about plagiarism.

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What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism can be defined as stealing someone's intellectual property and representing them as our property or as our work. It is an illegal act and it is a very shameful act when we look at it from a social point of view.

Types of Plagiarism

Mosaic Plagiarism
•Using someone else's work without using quotation marks.

Direct Plagiarism
• Using someone else's work without attribution and without quotation marks

Complete Plagiarism
• Copying someone else's work and submit under our name.

Self Plagiarism
•Submitting work that you have already published.

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How to avoid Plagiarism?

Plagiarism should be avoided as it can damage your personality and your skills. In addition, the owner of the content may take legal action against you. It is therefore imperative to stop plagiarism. There are some ways that you can avoid Plagiarism.

Cite the Source
• When you are using other's property, you can use the source link.
: Family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. Source

Include quotation marks
• When you use a sentence, use the quotation marks.
"Family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not". Source

Use a plagiarism checker
• You can use a plagiarism checker to check whether your content is plagiarized or not.
Family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. Source

https://plagiarismdetector.net/
https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker/
https://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/
It should be 0% plagiarism and 100% unique.

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Plagiarism is a very illegal and embarrassing thing. Steemit is a site that avoids plagiarism.We can study Steemit content etiquette to avoid plagiarism and other unauthorized works on steemit.
I have read and understood the Steemit Content Etiquette on Steemit Community.

Thank you

@damithudaya