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  2. This Is Just to Say - Wikipedia

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    The poem appears to the reader like a piece of found poetry. [4] Metrically, the poem exhibits no regularity of stress or of syllable count. Except for lines two and five (each an iamb) and lines eight and nine (each an amphibrach), no two lines have the same metrical form. [4]

  3. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    Section 1 contains two or three short texts or several shorter texts, which deal with everyday topics. For example, timetables or notices – things a person would need to understand when living in an English-speaking country. Section 2 contains two texts, which deal with work. For example, job descriptions, contracts, training materials.

  4. Telegram style - Wikipedia

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    This telegram was sent by Orville Wright in December 1903 from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, following the first successful airplane flight.. Telegram style, telegraph style, telegraphic style, or telegraphese [1] is a clipped way of writing which abbreviates words and packs information into the smallest possible number of words or characters.

  5. Apology (act) - Wikipedia

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    The way the apology is given affects the outcome and the process of forgiveness. [4] For example, putting genuine emotion into an apology generally helps resolve disputes more quickly and helps rid negative emotions faster. When responding to a crisis, there are multiple implications and ethical standards organizations and groups might follow.

  6. Chaucer's Retraction - Wikipedia

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    It is not clear whether these are sincere declarations of remorse on Chaucer's part or a continuation of the theme of penitence from The Parson's Tale.It is not even certain if the retraction was an integral part of the Canterbury Tales or if it was the equivalent of a death bed confession which became attached to this his most popular work.

  7. SMS language - Wikipedia

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    SMS language displayed on a mobile phone screen. Short Message Service language, textism, or textese [a] is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s with mobile phone text messaging, and occasionally through Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging.

  8. Intercept message - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s, for example, New York Telephone used the following: I'm sorry; the number you have reached is not in service, or temporarily disconnected. The number you have reached is not in service at this time. This is a recording. Bell of Pennsylvania used the following: I'm sorry, the number you have reached is not in service.

  9. Posting style - Wikipedia

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    When a message is replied to in e-mail, Internet forums, or Usenet, the original can often be included, or "quoted", in a variety of different posting styles.. The main options are interleaved posting (also called inline replying, in which the different parts of the reply follow the relevant parts of the original post), bottom-posting (in which the reply follows the quote) or top-posting (in ...