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  2. Fumblerules - Wikipedia

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    "Ending a sentence with a preposition is one thing that I will not put up with." "English is the crème de la crème of all languages." "Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation." "It is bad to carelessly split infinitives." "Never use no double negatives." "No sentence fragments." "Parentheses are (almost always) unnecessary."

  3. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    [8] Any laity or religious who is found to be hiding writings composed against the venerable icons. [8] Any laity or religious who had seized certain houses belonging to the church referred to in the council and failed to return them. [8] Anyone who follows the teachings of Arius. [8] Anyone who follows the teachings of Nestorius. [8]

  4. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    It's just impossible to say "this is a blanket rule". You'll see some newspapers print "f blank blank k". Some print "f asterisk asterisk k". Some put "f blank blank blank". Some put the word "bleep". Some put "expletive deleted". So there's no real consistent standard. It's not a science. It's a notion that they have and it's superstitious.

  5. Sentence (mathematical logic) - Wikipedia

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    Sentences are then built up out of atomic sentences by applying connectives and quantifiers. A set of sentences is called a theory; thus, individual sentences may be called theorems. To properly evaluate the truth (or falsehood) of a sentence, one must make reference to an interpretation of the theory.

  6. Truculentus - Wikipedia

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    Truculentus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus.Following the relationships between prostitutes and their customers, it contains perhaps Plautus's most cynical depiction of human nature in comparison with his other surviving plays.

  7. List of R-phrases - Wikipedia

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    Code Phrase R1 Explosive when dry R2 Risk of explosion by shock, friction, fire, or other sources of ignition R3 Extreme risk of explosion by shock, friction, fire, or other sources of ignition

  8. Theory of descriptions - Wikipedia

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    Phrases which denote one definite object, for example "the present President of the U.S.A." We need not know which object the phrase refers to for it to be unambiguous, for example "the cutest kitten" is a unique individual but his or her actual identity is unknown. Phrases which denote ambiguously, for example, "a flytrap".

  9. Discourse marker - Wikipedia

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    A discourse marker is a word or a phrase that plays a role in managing the flow and structure of discourse.Since their main function is at the level of discourse (sequences of utterances) rather than at the level of utterances or sentences, discourse markers are relatively syntax-independent and usually do not change the truth conditional meaning of the sentence. [1]