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  2. Wikipedia:Writing better articles - Wikipedia

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    This does not mean using fewer words is always better; rather, when considering equivalent expressions, choose the more concise. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

  3. Wikipedia talk : Writing better articles/Define and describe

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    24 - in my experience people learn jargon far better from good examples, good in-context use. This would be a better rule: always include an "i.e." ("that is", restating the thing in different words), always include an "e.g." ("for example", giving a more specific case).

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

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    The advice in this guideline is not limited to the examples provided and should not be applied rigidly. If a word can be replaced by one with less potential for misunderstanding, it should be. [1] Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law.

  5. Wikipedia : Writing better articles/Define and describe

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    If its subject is amenable to definition, an article should give a concise, conceptually sound definition in its opening sentence and then proceed with a description. If the article is long (more than one page), the remainder of the opening paragraph should summarize it.

  6. Outline (list) - Wikipedia

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    An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure. An outline is used [1] to present the main points (in sentences) or topics of a given subject. Each item in an outline may be divided into additional sub-items.

  7. Wikipedia : Writing better articles/Establish context

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    The word 'car' DID appear a sentence or two later, though, so it's not that it was never mentioned, just not probably as soon as it might have. What I did utterly forget to mention was this was a vehicle by Ford USA; as a transplanted Brit myself, you'd think I would know better than being so americentric, but clearly not!

  8. Wikipedia:Good topics - Wikipedia

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    There are currently 447 good topics that encompass 4,298 unique articles. There are 155 articles in two good topics, 8 articles in a featured topic and a good topic, 1 article in two featured topics and a good topic, and 6 articles in three good topics. In the topic boxes below: indicates that the article is a featured article or featured list.

  9. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    after comparatives, phrases or clauses with than: better than you, smaller than I had imagined. An adjective phrase may include both modifiers before the adjective and a complement after it, as in very difficult to put away. Adjective phrases containing complements after the adjective cannot normally be used as attributive adjectives before a noun.

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