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  2. Valediction - Wikipedia

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    A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell. [3] Valediction's counterpart is a greeting called a salutation.

  3. Wikipedia:It should be noted - Wikipedia

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    Phrase Instances in Wikipedia 2017 Jul 16 2018 Aug 11 2019 Aug 24 2020 Oct 04 2021 Oct 26 2022 Nov 22 2023 Nov 22 ; should be noted: 4961: 4168: 1291: 330: 676: 712: 726 must be noted: 341: 384: 332: 261: 243 ...

  4. Register (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow prescriptive norms for formal usage than in a casual setting, for example, by pronouncing words ending in -ing with a velar nasal instead of an alveolar nasal ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (A) - Wikipedia

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    Formal letter or communication in the Christian tradition from a bishop to his clergy. An ad clerum may be an encouragement in a time of celebration or a technical explanation of new regulations or canons. ad coelum or a caelo usque ad centrum: from the sky to the center: i.e., "from Heaven all the way to the center of the Earth".

  6. Rationality - Wikipedia

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    In this regard, a person acts rationally if they have a good reason for what they do, or a belief is rational if it is based on strong evidence. This quality can apply to an ability, as in a rational animal , to a psychological process , like reasoning , to mental states , such as beliefs and intentions , or to persons who possess these other ...

  7. And/or - Wikipedia

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    References on English usage strongly criticize the phrase as "ugly" [2] and "Janus-faced". [4] William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, in their classic The Elements of Style–recognized by Time one of the 100 best and most influential non-fiction books written in English since 1923, [6] say and/or is "A device, or shortcut, that damages a sentence and often leads to confusion or ambiguity". [3]

  8. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    The word "thusly" appears with no associated usage notes in M-W; [124] COD11 tags it as "informal", with the entry thus tagged as "literary or formal". CHAMBERS does not list the word at all, and it is unknown in British usage. [125] MAU considers it a nonword and laments that it appears in otherwise respectable writing. [126]

  9. Formalism (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The term formalism describes an emphasis on form over content or meaning in the arts, literature, or philosophy.A practitioner of formalism is called a formalist.A formalist, with respect to some discipline, holds that there is no transcendent meaning to that discipline other than the literal content created by a practitioner.