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This article lists common abbreviations for grammatical terms that are used in linguistic interlinear glossing of oral languages [nb 1] in English. The list provides conventional glosses as established by standard inventories of glossing abbreviations such as the Leipzig Glossing rules, [2] the most widely known standard. Synonymous glosses are ...
[email] address [5] admin administrator [6] administration [7] afish aficionado [citation needed] ag agriculture (informal) [8] aggro aggravation or aggression [9] agit-prop agitational propaganda [10] alky an alcoholic amp ampere [11] amphetamine (as in "amped up") [citation needed] amplifier [11] amputation or amputee [12] ampoule [12 ...
The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting is a guide to English grammar and style, written by William A. Sabin [1] and published by McGraw-Hill. The book is named after John Robert Gregg. The eleventh (“Tribute”) edition was published in 2010.
Lists of abbreviations in the English language: Athletics abbreviations; List of business and finance abbreviations; List of computing and IT abbreviations; List of ecclesiastical abbreviations; List of energy abbreviations; List of abbreviations in photography; List of glossing abbreviations (grammatical terms used in linguistic interlinear ...
This list below has examples of suffix forms that are primary street suffix names, common street suffixes or suffix abbreviations, recommended by the United States Postal Service. [2] Commonly used street abbreviations are within parentheses.
An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning "short" [1]) is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym) or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word, usually ended with a trailing period. For example: etc. is the usual abbreviation for et cetera.
Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus ...
In India, a postal village is distinct from other types of villages (such as revenue or census villages), being designated for mail delivery. [5] When referring to postal villages, the abbreviation PV or p.v. has sometimes been used. Webster's 1896 Collegiate Dictionary explained this as standing for "post village". [6]