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  2. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A major sentence is a regular sentence; it has a subject and a predicate, e.g. "I have a ball." In this sentence, one can change the persons, e.g. "We have a ball." However, a minor sentence is an irregular type of sentence that does not contain a main clause, e.g. "Mary!", "Precisely so.", "Next Tuesday evening after it gets dark."

  3. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    If separating words using spaces is also permitted, the total number of known possible meanings rises to 58. [38] Czech has the syllabic consonants [r] and [l], which can stand in for vowels. A well-known example of a sentence that does not contain a vowel is Strč prst skrz krk, meaning "stick your finger through the neck."

  4. Assist (basketball) - Wikipedia

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    An assist can be scored for the passer even if the player who receives the pass makes a basket after dribbling the ball for a short distance. However, the original definition of an assist did not include such situations, [1] so the comparison of assist statistics across eras is a complex matter.

  5. Encouraging or assisting a crime in English law - Wikipedia

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    It was advertised illustrating its use in an illegal fashion. [9] However, in R v James [10] the selling of "black boxes" solely capable of illegally tapping mains electricity sources was not found to incite a crime. [9] In R v Marlow [11] providing information on the growing of cannabis was found to constitute an offence. [9] "

  6. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Assist: Usually the second of a team's three contacts, an assist is awarded for any set ball that results in a kill on the ensuing attack Attack : Usually the third of a team's three contacts, an attack is any attempt by the offense to score a point against the defense (this does not include free balls or over-passes)

  7. Wikipedia:Writing better articles - Wikipedia

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    If its subject is amenable to definition, then the first sentence should give a concise definition: where possible, one that puts the article in context for the nonspecialist. [7] Similarly, if the subject is a term of art, provide the context as early as possible. [8] If the article is about a fictional character or place, make sure to say so. [9]

  8. Assist - Wikipedia

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    Assist (association football), a pass by a player or players that helps set up a goal; Assist (Australian rules football), the last pass by a player that directly helps set up a goal; Assist (baseball), any touching of the ball by a defensive player after it has been hit by the batter and prior to the recording of a putout

  9. Mnemonic - Wikipedia

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    For example, in trying to assist the learner to remember ohel (אוהל ‎), the Hebrew word for tent, the linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann proposes the memorable sentence "Oh hell, there's a raccoon in my tent". [22] The memorable sentence "There's a fork in Ma's leg" helps the learner remember that the Hebrew word for fork is mazleg (מזלג ...