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

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    In some types of writing, repeated use of said is considered tedious, and writers are encouraged to employ synonyms. On Wikipedia, it is more important to avoid language that makes undue implications. Said, stated, described, wrote, commented, and according to are almost always neutral and accurate.

  3. Quotation - Wikipedia

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    A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation. Many modern style guides criticize this.

  5. List of Latin phrases (O) - Wikipedia

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    This principle of the Benedictine monasteries reads in full: "Ora et labora (et lege), Deus adest sine mora." "Pray and work (and read), God is there without delay" (or to keep the rhyme: "Work and pray, and God is there without delay") ora pro nobis: pray for us "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus"; Brazilian name for Pereskia ...

  6. Oxford Dictionary of English - Wikipedia

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    Version 9.1.284 (2017): Fully optimized support for Android 8. Improved search speed and integrated look-up feature from other Android apps. Version 10.0.409 (2018): Android 9 support and introduction of offline mode. Version 11.0.504 (2019): Updated word database and improved audio pronunciation quality.

  7. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    Lawd "Lawd" is an alternative spelling of the word "lord" and an expression often associated with Black churchgoers. It is used to express a range of emotions, from sadness to excitement.

  8. Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing - Wikipedia

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    Right: Churchill said, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." [1] Right: The New York Times reviewer found the film "pretentious and boring". [2] Wrong: According to Bulgarian Butterflies, "the patient observer may be fortunate enough to glimpse this rare moth flitting along the mossy banks of a woodland stream." [3]

  9. The saying and the said - Wikipedia

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    The said, on the other hand, refers to the intelligibility and reference of what is communicated or transferred, it can be subjected to the closure truth as total presence, it is associated with ontology (i.e., philosophy and science). Man can give himself in saying to the point of poetry – or he can withdraw into the non-saying of lies.