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  2. List of language regulators - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of bodies that consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies.Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated with, linguistic purism and prestige, and typically publish prescriptive dictionaries, [1] which purport to officiate and prescribe the meaning of words and pronunciations.

  3. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

  4. Responsible position - Wikipedia

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    A responsible position is a post where the individual is expected to work without supervision or a higher authority, usually for a political purpose.. This is in contrast to a job or police/military post, where there is a superior officer to answer to and who holds the right to direct work.

  5. Responsible government - Wikipedia

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    The concept of responsible government is associated in Canada more with self-government than with parliamentary accountability; hence, there is the notion that the Dominion of Newfoundland "gave up responsible government" when it suspended its self-governing status in 1933, as a result of financial problems.

  6. Government and binding theory - Wikipedia

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    Government and binding (GB, GBT) is a theory of syntax and a phrase structure grammar in the tradition of transformational grammar developed principally by Noam Chomsky in the 1980s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This theory is a radical revision of his earlier theories [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and was later revised in The Minimalist Program (1995) [ 7 ] and ...

  7. That Thou Art Mindful of Him - Wikipedia

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    Over what a human would experience as a long time, the Georges discuss the criteria for what constitutes 'responsible authority'- that (A) an educated, principled and rational person should be obeyed in preference to an ignorant, immoral and irrational person, and (B) that superficial characteristics such as skin tone, sexuality, or physical ...

  8. As Musk gains influence, questions hover over US probes into ...

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    It remains unclear what authority the role will carry. Musk has touted his newfound influence and given specific examples of how he might use it. Before the election, Musk said he would seek to ...

  9. Authority - Wikipedia

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    Authority, by contrast, depends on the acceptance by subordinates of the right of those above them to give them orders or directives. [11] [12] [13] The definition of authority in contemporary social science remains a matter of debate. Max Weber in his essay "Politics as a Vocation" (1919) divided legitimate authority into three types.