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

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    Some words, by their structure, can suggest extended forms that may turn out to be contentious (e.g. lesbian and transgender imply the longer words lesbianism and transgenderism, which are sometimes taken as offensive for seeming to imply a belief system or agenda). For additional guidance on -ist/-ism terms, see § Contentious labels, above.

  3. APA style - Wikipedia

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    APA style uses an author–date reference citation system in the text with an accompanying reference list. That means that to cite any reference in a paper, the writer should cite the author and year of the work, either by putting both in parentheses separated by a comma (parenthetical citation) or by putting the author in the narrative of the ...

  4. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    In the first part, each section of text that is either based on, or quoted from, an outside source is marked as such with an inline citation. This is usually displayed as a superscript footnote number: [1] The second necessary part of the citation or reference is the list of full references, which provides complete, formatted detail about the ...

  5. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/quotation and punctuation ...

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    If you are pasting text from Microsoft Word, remember to turn off the smart quotes feature by unmarking this feature in AutoEdit and "AutoEdit during typing"! . Many other modern word processors have a smart quotes setting - please read the appropriate documentation for your editor.

  6. Hyperbole - Wikipedia

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    Hyperbole is often used for emphasis or effect. In casual speech, it functions as an intensifier: [5] [3] saying "the bag weighed a ton" [6] simply means that the bag was extremely heavy. [7] The rhetorical device may be used for serious or ironic or comic effects. [8] Understanding hyperbole and its use in context can help understand the ...

  7. List of glossing abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    [optional in place of period] when the language of the gloss lacks a one-word translation, a phrase may be joined by underscores, e.g., Turkish çık-mak (come_out-INF) "to come out" With some authors, the reverse is also true, for a two-word phrase glossed with a single word. [2] [21] › >, →, :

  8. Ford, GM donate $1 million and contribute vehicles to Trump's ...

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    DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. automakers Ford Motor and General Motors will donate $1 million each, along with vehicles, to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration, company ...

  9. Typographic alignment - Wikipedia

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    justified—text is aligned along the left margin, with letter-spacing and word-spacing adjusted so that the text falls flush with both margins, also known as fully justified or full justification; centered—text is aligned to neither the left nor right margin; there is an even gap on each side of each line.