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  2. The Elements of Style - Wikipedia

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    The Elements of Style (also called Strunk & White) is a style guide for formal grammar used in American English writing. The first publishing was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused," and a ...

  3. Writing style - Wikipedia

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    In literature, writing style is the manner of expressing thought in language characteristic of an individual, period, school, or nation. [1] As Bryan Ray notes, however, style is a broader concern, one that can describe "readers' relationships with, texts, the grammatical choices writers make, the importance of adhering to norms in certain contexts and deviating from them in others, the ...

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels - Wikipedia

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    "A book cover for NovelTitle."), and an image copyright tag: If the cover image is still under copyright, {{Non-free use rationale book cover}} and {{Non-free book cover}} should both be on the file description page. On the image line of the infobox template, insert the image's filename. A short description can be included in the field image ...

  5. Exclamation mark - Wikipedia

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    (English: 'Call me tomorrow.') A normal period, as in English, is fairly common but is considered substandard. A related use is on signs that express a command or interdiction: Betreten verboten! (English: 'No trespassing!'). The exclamation mark may also be used in the salutation line of a letter: Lieber Hans! (English: 'Dear Hans,').

  6. Handwriting - Wikipedia

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    Handwriting is the personal and unique style of writing with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil in the hand.Handwriting includes both block and cursive styles and is separate from generic and formal handwriting script/style, calligraphy or typeface.

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

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    An article suffering from such language should be rewritten to correct the problem or, if an editor is unsure how best to make a correction, the article may be tagged with an appropriate template, such as {{Peacock term}}. Puffery is an example of positively loaded language; negatively loaded language should be avoided just as much. People ...

  8. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the -ize ending is more common, although the Ontario Public School Spelling Book [65] spelled most words in the -ize form, but allowed for duality with a page insert as late as the 1970s, noting that, although the -ize spelling was in fact the convention used in the OED, the choice to spell such words in the -ise form was a matter of ...

  9. Spelling - Wikipedia

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    Spelling is a set of conventions for written language regarding how graphemes should correspond to the sounds of spoken language. [1] Spelling is one of the elements of orthography, and highly standardized spelling is a prescriptive element.