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

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    Do not use similar or related words in a way that blurs meaning or is incorrect or distorting. For example, the adjective Arab refers to people and things of ethnic Arab origin. The term Arabic generally refers to the Arabic language or writing system, and related concepts. Arabian relates to the Arabian Peninsula or historical Arabia.

  3. Defamation - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, according to Article 203, there is an exemption for the application of the aforementioned articles (insult and defamation) when the specific context is that of a scientific work, literary work, work of art, public information conducted by a politician or a government official, journalistic work, or the defence of a right or ...

  4. List of Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The meaning is distinct from "unanimously"; "nem. con." simply means that nobody voted against. Thus there may have been abstentions from the vote. [citation needed] no. numero (singular), nos. (plural) "number" Used as a common abbreviation for "number" in all forms of writing. op. cit. opere citato "(in) the work cited"

  5. Cohesion (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Cohesion is the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. It is related to the broader concept of coherence. There are two main types of cohesion: grammatical cohesion: based on structural content

  6. Wikipedia:The problem with elegant variation - Wikipedia

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    Without "the latter" and "the former", the sentence might feel repetitive: Sarah and Louise went to a supermarket, where Sarah bought Louise an ice cream. This is an example of how repetition usually emerges from repeated information, not repeated words. As it stands, the sentence structure requires us to state the subjects (Sarah and Louise ...

  7. Swahili grammar - Wikipedia

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    Medial/Referential ("the aforementioned"), referring to something that has been previously mentioned. It may also occasionally be used to refer to something nearer to the listener than the speaker. It is formed by replacing the final syllable of the proximal demonstrative with the appropriate reference pronoun for the noun class.

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  9. Tonkawa language - Wikipedia

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    The Tonkawa language is a syllabic language that bases its word and sentence prosody on even stressed syllables. Disyllabic words are when the stress is placed on the final syllable. Polysyllabic words are when the stress is moved to the next to last syllable, the penult.