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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation e.g. stands for the Latin exempli gratiā "for example", and should be used when the example(s) given are just one or a few of many. The abbreviation i.e. stands for the Latin id est "that is", and is used to give the only example(s) or to otherwise qualify the statement just made.

  3. 10 skills that are hard to learn but pay off forever

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    That's especially the case when it comes to learning important life skills. In an effort to ascertain which. The best things in life may be free, but that doesn't mean they won't take time, sweat ...

  4. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    Listening, speaking, reading and writing are generally called the four language skills. Speaking and writing are the productive skills, while reading and listening are the receptive skills. Often the skills are divided into sub-skills, such as discriminating sounds in connected speech, or understanding relationships within a sentence. Learning ...

  5. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    For example, in computer games with expansion packs, it is used to distinguish the original version from subsequent versions, especially when the original game does not have a subtitle. For example, World of Warcraft could refer to either the original game or one of the expansion packs, so users may refer to the original as "vanilla" to ...

  6. Category:Skills - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... Pages in category "Skills" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  7. General Service List - Wikipedia

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    The General Service List (GSL) is a list of roughly 2,000 words published by Michael West in 1953. [1] The words were selected to represent the most frequent words of English and were taken from a corpus of written English. The target audience was English language learners and ESL teachers. To maximize the utility of the list, some frequent ...

  8. Soft skills - Wikipedia

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    The term "soft skills" was created by the U.S. Army in the late 1960s. It refers to any skill that does not employ the use of machinery. The military realized that many important activities were included within this category, and in fact, the social skills necessary to lead groups, motivate soldiers, and win wars were encompassed by skills they had not yet catalogued or fully studied.

  9. Boilerplate text - Wikipedia

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    In contract law, the term "boilerplate language" or "boilerplate clause" describes the parts of a contract that are considered standard.A standard form contract or boilerplate contract is a contract between two parties, where the terms and conditions of the contract are set by one of the parties, and the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and is thus placed ...