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

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    Quotes should always be verbatim and as they appear in the original source. However, language that is vulgar, obscene, or profane should be used only if its omission would make an article less accurate or relevant, and if there is no non-obscene alternative. Such words should not be used outside quotations and names except where they are ...

  3. Ad hominem - Wikipedia

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    Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, refers to several types of arguments that are usually fallacious.Often currently this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than the substance of the argument itself.

  4. Form follows function - Wikipedia

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    The Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Louis Sullivan and built in 1891, is emblematic of his famous maxim "form follows function".. Form follows function is a principle of design associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design in general, which states that the appearance and structure of a building or object (architectural form) should ...

  5. The One Phrase We Should Stop Saying to Our Coworkers ... - AOL

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    The one phrase to stop saying: “That's actually a good idea.” Perhaps you've said (or heard) some variation of this phrase in the workplace. "You're actually right."

  6. Linguistic prescription - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic prescription is a part of a language standardization process. [20] The chief aim of linguistic prescription is to specify socially preferred language forms (either generally, as in Standard English, or in style and register) in a way that is easily taught and learned. [21]

  7. Theory of forms - Wikipedia

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    A Form is an objective "blueprint" of perfection. [19] The Forms are perfect and unchanging representations of objects and qualities. For example, the Form of beauty or the Form of a triangle. For the form of a triangle say there is a triangle drawn on a blackboard. A triangle is a polygon with 3 sides.

  8. Gen-Z replaces LOL with new acronym IJBOL: What does it mean?

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    She elaborated, saying: “I’m usually just quiet and then I let out a snort.” Others feel like it’s about time a new acronym replaced a slew of pre-existing acronyms like LMAO and ROFL.

  9. One (pronoun) - Wikipedia

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    It can take the possessive form one's and the reflexive form oneself, or it can adopt those forms from the generic he with his and himself. The pronoun one often has connotations of formality, [1] and is often avoided in favour of more colloquial alternatives such as generic you. The noun one can also be used as a pro-form (e.g.