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  2. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    While not noticeable in spoken language, in written language the difference shows: "Fliegen" ("flies"), being a noun, is written with a capital "F", whereas "fliegen" ("to fly"), being a verb, is not. The comma can be left out without changing the meaning.

  3. Parallelism (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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    A scheme of balance, parallelism represents "one of the basic principles of grammar and rhetoric". [ 2 ] Parallelism as a rhetorical device is used in many languages and cultures around the world in poetry, epics, songs, written prose and speech, from the folk level to the professional.

  4. Parallel syntax - Wikipedia

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    Parallelism is the mark of a mature language speaker. [2] In language, syntax is the structure of a sentence, thus parallel syntax can also be called parallel sentence structure. This rhetorical tool improves the flow of a sentence as it adds a figure of balance to sentences it is implemented into.

  5. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Arabic refers to the Arabic language or writing system. Its use as a synonym for Arab is considered controversial by some [who?]. are and our. Are is the second-person singular present and the first-, second-, and third-person plural present of the verb be. Our means "belonging to us". Standard: Are you coming to our house after the show?

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  7. Balanced sentence - Wikipedia

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    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." (A Tale of Two Cities) [1]"White chickens lay white eggs, and brown chickens lay brown eggs; so if white cows give white milk, do brown cows give chocolate milk?"

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  9. Grammar - Wikipedia

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    Differences in scale are important to this meaning: for example, English grammar could describe those rules followed by every one of the language's speakers. [2] At smaller scales, it may refer to rules shared by smaller groups of speakers. A description, study, or analysis of such rules may also be known as a grammar, or as a grammar book.