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  2. Orc - Wikipedia

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    The orc was a sort of "hell-devil" in Old English literature, and the orc-né (pl. orc-néas, "demon-corpses") was a race of corrupted beings and descendants of Cain, alongside the elf, according to the poem Beowulf. Tolkien adopted the term orc from these old attestations, which he professed was a choice made purely for "phonetic suitability ...

  3. Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - Wikipedia

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    The first English-language translation of the story, by James E. Irby, was published in 1961 in New World Writing N° 18. In 1962 it was included in Labyrinths (short story collection) (New Directions), the first collection of Borges' works published in English.

  4. Black Speech - Wikipedia

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    In the fiction, Tolkien describes the language as created by Sauron as a constructed language to be the sole language of all the servants of Mordor. Little is known of the Black Speech except the inscription on the One Ring. Scholars note that Tolkien constructed this to be plausible linguistically, and to sound rough and harsh.

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

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    An article suffering from such language should be rewritten to correct the problem or, if an editor is unsure how best to make a correction, the article may be tagged with an appropriate template, such as {{Peacock term}}. Puffery is an example of positively loaded language; negatively loaded language should be avoided just as much. People ...

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    For Oxford spelling, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling § British English with "-ize" (Oxford spelling). A serial comma (sometimes also known as an Oxford comma or Harvard comma) is a comma used immediately before a conjunction (and, or, nor) in a list of three or more items. ham, chips, and eggs – serial comma.

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    t. e. This is the part of Wikipedia's Manual of Stylewhich covers when to format textin articles, such as which text should use boldfaceor italictype. Boldface. Shortcuts. MOS:B. MOS:BOLD. Boldface(text like this) is common in articles, but is considered appropriate only for certain usages. To create it, surround the text to be boldfaced with ...

  8. IMRAD - Wikipedia

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    IMRAD. In scientific writing, IMRAD or IMRaD (/ ˈɪmræd /) (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) [1] is a common organizational structure (a document format). IMRaD is the most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type. [2]

  9. Technical writing - Wikipedia

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    Technical writing is most commonly performed by a trained technical writer and the content they produce is the result of a well-defined process. Technical writers follow strict guidelines so the technical information they share appears in a single, popularly used and standardized format and style (e.g., DITA, markdown format, AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style).