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The word is used in scholarly citations. vide infra (v. i.) see below: The word is used in scholarly works. vide supra (v. s.) see above: The word is used in scholarly works to refer to previous text in the same document. It is sometimes truncated to "supra". videlicet (viz.) "namely", "that is to say", or "as follows"
Do not use similar or related words in a way that blurs meaning or is incorrect or distorting. For example, the adjective Arab refers to people and things of ethnic Arab origin. The term Arabic generally refers to the Arabic language or writing system, and related concepts. Arabian relates to the Arabian Peninsula or historical Arabia.
Backstabber may refer to: Back Stabbers, a 1972 album by The O'Jays "Back Stabbers" (song), the title track from the album "Backstabber" (The Dresden Dolls song), a 2006 song by The Dresden Dolls "Backstabber" (Spunge song), a 2005 single by UK ska punk group Spunge "Backstabber", the first official single released by Ripchord
Grammatical abbreviations are generally written in full or small caps to visually distinguish them from the translations of lexical words. For instance, capital or small-cap PAST (frequently abbreviated to PST) glosses a grammatical past-tense morpheme, while lower-case 'past' would be a literal translation of a word with that meaning.
The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it; The fourth (if present) links to the related article(s) or adds a clarification note.
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Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, and any other well-recognized citation system. Parameters in the citation templates should be accurate.
A short-cite – similar to what some citation authorities call a shortened citation or shortened form — is an abbreviated way of identifying or linking to the full citation of a source. Many forms of short cites have been devised; the most common form on Wikipedia is "author-date", which uses the last name of one or more authors and the year ...