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  2. Verbosity - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to Fowler's criticism of several words being used to name the same thing in English prose, in many other languages, including French, it might be thought to be a good writing style. [20] [21] An inquiry into the 2005 London bombings found that verbosity can be dangerous if used by emergency services. It can lead to delay that could ...

  3. Sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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    The relative size of the sentence spacing would vary depending on the size of the word spaces and the justification needs. [17] For most countries, this remained the standard for published work until the 20th century. [18] Yet, even in this period, there were publishing houses that used a standard word space between sentences. [7]

  4. Semantic satiation - Wikipedia

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    Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, [1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.

  5. Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read - Wikipedia

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    Too long; didn't read (abbreviated TL;DR and tl;dr) is a shorthand to indicate that a passage is too long to invest the time to digest it. [2] Akin to Wall of text.Please don't assume that editors who link to this essay are being overly critical, they are just conveying that they did not read a talk page or content post, and are alerting the writer that the intended information did not reach them.

  6. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Too means "in excess" or "also". To is a preposition or is a part of a verb in the infinitive. At the end of a sentence to may also refer to a dropped verb in the infinitive. Standard: I have too much time on my hands. Standard: Kick it to me. trimester. A trimester is a period of three months. [113]

  7. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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    Standard word spaces were about one-third of an em space, but sentences were to be divided by a full em-space. With the arrival of the typewriter in the late 19th century, style guides for writers began diverging from printer's manuals, indicating that writers should double-space between sentences.

  8. Was Donald Trump's historic sentence too harsh or too ... - AOL

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    Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said on X that Trump’s sentence was “a joke and a disgrace." "This witch hunt and ruling,” Blackburn added, “was an insult to the American people."

  9. Logorrhea (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In this example, the patient's aphasia was much more severe. Not only was this a case of logorrhea, but this included neologisms (such as "taenz" for "stroke" and "regular time" for "regular bath") [6] and a loss of proper sentence structure.