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  2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    The advice in this guideline is not limited to the examples provided and should not be applied rigidly. If a word can be replaced by one with less potential for misunderstanding, it should be. [1] Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law.

  3. Franklin leader says he was cleared of all ‘wrongdoing’ in ...

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    A Franklin County commissioner took a victory lap this week claiming he was cleared of any wrongdoing by a special prosecutor’s decision, but that’s not exactly what the report said ...

  4. Firearms officers cleared of wrongdoing in arrest of boy, 13 ...

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    The actions of armed police who arrested a 13-year-old boy after his water pistol was mistaken for a gun were reasonable in the circumstances, an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC ...

  5. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Wrong font: Put text in correct font wc/ww: word choice/wrong word: Incorrect or awkward word choice hr # Insert hair space: s/b: should be: Selection should be whatever edit follows this mark s/r: substitute/replace: Make the substitution tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected vf: verb form

  6. Paraphrase - Wikipedia

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    An example might be transforming an active voice sentence like "The cat chased the mouse" into a passive voice "The mouse was chased by the cat," where both the sentence structure and some words are altered. Syntax-based changes are primarily focused on the structure of the sentence rather than the words themselves. For example, changing a ...

  7. Donald Trump says he would consider pardoning New York City ...

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    Adams has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. Trump suggested the Justice Department might have targeted Adams because of the mayor's resistance to Biden over migration at the southern ...

  8. Literal translation - Wikipedia

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    Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. [1] In translation theory, another term for literal translation is metaphrase (as opposed to paraphrase for an analogous translation ...

  9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    These words are sometimes confused; venal means "corrupt", "able to be bribed", or "for sale"; venial means "pardonable, not serious". [46] [119] Standard: According to Catholic doctrine, eating meat on a Friday during Lent is a venial sin, but murder is a mortal sin. Standard: All ages have examples of venal politicians.