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  2. Salutation - Wikipedia

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    A salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other communication. Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in an English letter includes the recipient's given name or title. For each style of salutation there is an accompanying style of complimentary close, known as valediction. Examples of non-written ...

  3. Diplomatic correspondence - Wikipedia

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    It is less formal than a note (also called a letter of protest) but more formal than an aide-mémoire. A note verbale can also be referred to as a third person note (TPN). Notes verbales are written in the third person and printed on official letterhead; they are typically sealed with an embosser or, in some cases, a stamp.

  4. Letter (message) - Wikipedia

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    A letter can be formal or informal, depending on its audience and purpose. Besides being a means of communication and a store of information, letter writing has played a role in the reproduction of writing as an art throughout history. [1] Letters have been sent since antiquity and are mentioned in the Iliad. [2]

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works - Wikipedia

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    Prepositions that contain five letters or more (During, Through, About, Until, Below, Under, etc.) – the "five-letter rule" Words that have the same form as prepositions, but are not being used specifically as prepositions Particles of phrasal verbs [g] (e.g. Give Up the Ghost, " Puttin' On the Ritz ")

  6. Forms of address in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Salutation in letter Oral address In conversation Chancellor (formal) The Chancellor of [university name] Dear Chancellor: Chancellor (if on a platform) or by name and title: The Chancellor or by name Chancellor (social) [Name], [h] Chancellor of [university name] By name: By name or Chancellor: The Chancellor or by name Vice-Chancellor (formal)

  7. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  8. Script typeface - Wikipedia

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    A majority of formal scripts are based upon the letterforms of seventeenth and eighteenth century writing-masters like George Bickham, George Shelley and George Snell. The letters in their original form are generated by a quill or metal nib of a pen. Both are able to create fine and thick strokes.

  9. Letter of understanding - Wikipedia

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    A Letter of Understanding (LOU) is a formal text that sums up the terms of an undertakings of a contract which may have been negotiated up to this point only in spoken form or otherwise informally. It reviews the terms of an agreement for a service , a project or a deal and is often written as a step before a more detailed contract is issued.