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... areset together as one, usually because the second is strongly related to the ﬁrst. Seefor example: The news of the proposed devaluation got out; there was an immediate run on the stock exchange.In ... 49) , and inMCMXC (= 199 0).Romania, Rumania or Roumania The Romans gave their name to thiseasternmost province of their empire, hence the spelling Romania which is now the ofﬁcial form in English ... describe and evaluate the noun to which they’re attached. They standright next to it, even if this delays the predicate of the main clause: The old computer that we bought at the markets has never...

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... normally take plural verbs. Seefurther under agreement section 4.totaled or totalled Whether to double or not to double the l is discussedat -l/-ll toto See in toto.tour de forceThis French phrase ... main title, and option (a) for the subtitle, as in: The Life and Times of the English Language: the marvellous history of the English tongue The use of option (a) for the subtitle also settles a ... Sentence positions. The all-important ﬁrst “slot” in the sentence is often referred to as the topic. The rest of the sentence is then known as the comment. In theseterms the ﬁrst sentence above...

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... but can simply appear at the top of the column. (Note that the ﬁgures in the column may not add up to exactly100 percent, and the total at the bottom should be left as 99 .4% or 100.2%, notrounded ... amistake to bypass the standard English plural for a word that was coined in English anyway. Among the citations in the Australian National Dictionary ( 198 8) there isonly one for platypi from the ... passed.past tense Most English verbs show whether the action they refer to happenedin the past, rather than the present or some indeﬁnite time in the future. This is the point of difference...

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... in the US in the 30s was to refer to new and moremovable/portable instruments, such as the minipiano and the minicam(era). Theywere followed by the minicar ( 194 5) and the miniprinter ( 195 0). ... the Oxfordcitations show it, whether they refer to the shoe, or to the plant or animal whichalso embody the name. The spelling with one c seems to come closer to the original Indian word (its ... Webster’s English Usage ( 198 9) notes increasing use of it since the 194 0s,in parallel with the growing use of mini- as a preﬁx. In the Australian ACE corpusminiscule is the only spelling to appear;...

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... the sixteenth century on, centuries before the ﬁrst reference to the jaw’s harp in Grove’sDictionary. The Jewish element is built into the English name for the instrumentas well as one of the ... international English The idea of “international English has a lot of appeal to publishers and others who seek to market English language products to the worldat large. It appeals also to teachers ... unrelated to the bears of the northern hemisphere. The use of that phraseprobably reﬂects the image of the koala as a cuddly creature, which like the teddybear takes its place in the toy menagerie.konk...

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... communicatingthan in overwhelming their readers with long words. Whether they aim to impressor to cover their tracks, what they offer the reader is verbal fog: The departmental reaction to the municipal government ... (Canadian English Usage ( 199 7)). So writers whowish to target the older distinction will need to use alternatives such as “epicure”and “glutton” for the noun.government In Australian English ... Western and an Eastern sector, and to mark the boundary between them, the Berlin Wall was erected in 196 1. The breaching of the Berlin Wall in November 198 9 marked the beginning of a new era,...

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... by about 4:1. The Australian Oxford (2004) 291 ellipsisa) They took glasses from the bar and [they took] knives and forks from the tables.b) They said [that] no-one was there.c) The woman [that/whom] ... “and the rest” or “and the others”,implying a known set of items which might be used to complete the list precedingit. It relieves the writer of the need to list them, and calls on the reader to ... is still the only spelling recognised indictionaries, though the second appears often enough for commentators to issuewarnings about it, according to Webster’s English Usage ( 198 9). The word...

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... takes to show the change. Theytherefore recommend 190 1–5, 195 5–8 and so on, but make an exception of numbersbetween 10 and 19, as in references to the 191 4–18 War. The exception seems to takeaccount ... according to Webster’s English Usage ( 198 9) it’s still the less common useof the two. This is borne out in the Australian ACE corpus, where non-epistolaryinstances of correspond with were in the ... including:here/there hence/thence now/then thusIn modern English the pairs of demonstratives (i.e. this/that, these/those) express the notion of being either closer to, or further from the writer/speaker....

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... parenthesis, the point to check is whether the parenthesis forms partor all of the sentence. If it is the whole sentence, the full stop goes inside; if the parenthesis is only the last part of the ... Within the United Nations, the Burmese nation is represented asMyanmar, the name decreed in 198 8 9 by the Law and Order Restoration Councilof the military government. It was intended to replace the ... in the US—and the name of the building whichhouses the US Congress—is the Capitol (with an upper case initial). It was the name of the temple of Jupiter in ancient Rome. The same name capitol...

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... belong to this group. The group of absolute adjectives is in fact very11Preface to The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage Since the ﬁrst publication of The Cambridge Australian English ... boldfaced to draw attention to strategic points. Words related to the headword(s) or derived from them are setin italics, as are all examples.xv The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage PAM ... adaptor Some -er/-or pairs complement each other, one beingused for the person and the other for the instrument (as with conveyer/conveyor). The evidence of Webster’s English Usage ( 198 9) is...

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