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  2. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    These are usually handwritten on the paper containing the text. Symbols are interleaved in the text, while abbreviations may be placed in a margin with an arrow pointing to the problematic text. Different languages use different proofreading marks and sometimes publishers have their own in-house proofreading marks. [1]

  3. Nominal (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    [The] son bonus good amat (1) [he] loves canem (2) [the] dog. ACC ferocem (3). wild. ACC fīlius bonus amat (1) canem (2) ferocem (3). {[The] son} good {[he] loves} {[the] dog.ACC} wild.ACC The good son loves the wild dog. Bantuist grammar tradition The earliest study of noun classes was conducted in 1659 on Bantu languages, and this study has to this day undergone only very minor ...

  4. Affirmation and negation - Wikipedia

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    Two examples of affirmation include (1) John is here already [4] and (2) I am a moral person. [5] These two sentences are truth statements, and serve as a representation of affirmation in English. The negated versions can be formed as the statements (1 NEG) John is not here already and (2 NEG) I am not a moral person. (1) a.

  5. Markedness - Wikipedia

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    While the idea of linguistic asymmetry predated the actual coining of the terms marked and unmarked, the modern concept of markedness originated in the Prague School structuralism of Roman Jakobson and Nikolai Trubetzkoy as a means of characterizing binary oppositions. [1] Both sound and meaning were analyzed into systems of binary distinctive ...

  6. Respect - Wikipedia

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    Courtesies that show respect may include simple words and phrases like "thank you" in the West or "namaste" in the Indian subcontinent, or simple physical signs like a slight bow, a smile, direct eye contact, or a handshake. Such acts may have very different interpretations depending on the cultural context. The end goal is for all people to be ...

  7. Can a goodwill letter get late payments removed from your ...

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    While there are no guarantees, a well-written goodwill letter may persuade a creditor to ask the credit bureau to remove the negative mark from your credit report. If the bureau agrees, the update ...

  8. Grammatical number - Wikipedia

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    In a minimal/unit augmented/augmented system, augmented means more than two for 1st exclusive, 2nd, and 3rd, and means more than three for 1st inclusive. Besides Ilocano, languages considered to have a minimal/augmented pronoun system include Tagalog , [ 219 ] [ 220 ] Maranao , [ 221 ] Maskelynes , [ 222 ] and Ho-Chunk . [ 223 ]

  9. Mark (sign) - Wikipedia

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    identification of the manufacturer and place of origin (manufacturer's mark, maker's mark, later a factory mark); differentiation in order to distinguish between similar items (for example, a date mark). These marks are typically useful to distributors; [7] certification of the product quality (certification mark, for example, an assay mark).