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  2. Throwaway line - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway lines are often one-liners, or in-jokes, and often delivered in a deadpan manner. Similarly, in theater, a throwaway line is one uttered by a character where the only intended reaction is that of from the audience. Oftentimes, these lines may be references to other shows or media that only the audience are aware of.

  3. Wikipedia:Writing requests for comment - Wikipedia

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    Propose the text of the RfC question on the talk page before starting the RfC. Especially get feedback on whether the question is neutral from the editors who disagree with you. All other things being equal, make the question shorter, because shorter questions have fewer chances for accidental deviations from neutrality.

  4. Rhetorical question - Wikipedia

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    A rhetorical question is a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain information. [1] In many cases it may be intended to start a discourse, as a means of displaying or emphasizing the speaker's or author's opinion on a topic. A simple example is the question "Can't you do anything right?"

  5. Examples such as "I can't see any reason" when 3 reasons are listed, is an example of stonewalling. Contributing editors should familiarize themselves with the work that has already taken place on the main Task Force page, and try to discuss each of the points above in that context.

  6. Topic and comment - Wikipedia

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    זה ze this מאד meʾod very מענין meʿanyen interesting הספר ha-sefer book הזה ha-ze this זה מאד מענין הספר הזה ze meʾod meʿanyen ha-sefer ha-ze this very interesting book this "This book is very interesting." In American Sign Language, a topic can be declared at the beginning of a sentence (indicated by raised eyebrows and head tilt) describing the referent ...

  7. Quoting out of context - Wikipedia

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    For example, the ad copy for New Line Cinema's 1995 thriller Se7en attributed to Owen Gleiberman, a critic for Entertainment Weekly, used the comment "a small masterpiece." Gleiberman actually gave Se7en a B− overall and only praised the opening credits so grandiosely: "The credit sequence, with its jumpy frames and near-subliminal flashes of ...

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  9. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Insert question mark: sp: Spell out: Used to indicate that an abbreviation should be spelled out, such as in its first use stet: Let it stand: Indicates that proofreading marks should be ignored and the copy unchanged tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected wf: Wrong font: Put text in correct font ww [3] Wrong word: Wrong word used (e.g ...