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Italy (Italian Republic) Regions Abruzzo Marches (Marche) Apulia (Puglia) Molise Basilicata Piedmont (Piemonte) Calabria Sardinia (Sardegna) Campania Sicily (Sicilia) Emilia-Romagna Tuscany (Toscana) Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trentino-Alto Adige Lazio Umbria Liguria Valle d’Aosta Lombardy (Lombardia) Veneto Japan Japan is divided into regions (in bold italics), which are divided into prefectures. Hokkaido Hokkaido Tohoku Aomori Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Fukushima Kanto Ibaraki Saitama Tokyo Tochigi Chiba Kanagawa Gumma Chubu Niigata Fukui Gifu Toyama Yamanashi Shizuoka Ishikawa Nagano Aichi Kinki Mie Osaka Nara Shiga Hyogo Wakayama Kyoto Chugoku Tottori Yamaguchi Kagawa Shimane Shikoku Ehime Okayama Tokushima Kochi Hiroshima countries’ administrative divisions 171
part 3: useful reference Kyushu Fukuoka Kumamoto Kagoshima Saga Oita Okinawa Nagasaki Miyazaki Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Provinces Drenthe Noord-Brabant Flevoland Noord-Holland Friesland Overijssel Gelderland Utrecht Groningen Zeeland Limburg Zuid-Holland Russia (Russian Federation) There are 89 members (federal territorial units) of the Russian Federation, consisting of 21 republics, six krais (provinces), 49 oblasts (regions), two cities of federal status (Moscow and St Petersburg), one autonomous oblast (the Jewish Autonomous Area) and ten okrugs (districts), under the jurisdiction of the oblast or krai within which they are situated. Each unit is grouped into one of seven federal districts. Federal districts Central South Far East Urals North-West Volga Siberian Republics Adygeya Kareliya Bashkortostan Khakasiya Buryatiya Komi Chechnya a Marii-El Chuvashiya Mordoviya Dagestan North Osetiya-Alaniya Gorno-Altai Sakha (Yakutiya) Ingushetiya Tatarstan Kabardino-Balkariya Tyva Kalmykiya Karachayevo-Cherkessiya a Governed federally. Udmurtiya 172
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Contents Preface vi Introduction 1
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Introduction On only two scores can
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introduction negative, then it cann
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part 1 the essence of style
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ampersands should be used: 1 when t
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And Trips (trade-related aspects of
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If you use one accent (except the t
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company not corporation court not c
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Americanisms rhetoric (of which the
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among and between > anon the Christ
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as to There is usually a more appro
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lack In the black means in profi t
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Guatemala City New York City Ho Chi
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historical terms Black Death Recons
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from its National Assembly). If you
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And if in doubt use lower case (the
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Francophone (but prefer French-spea
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clerical titles see titles. clerica
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word for the job or if you would ha
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axa, French insurance company Barne
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countries and their inhabitants and
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of the Turkish race mostly living i
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current, contemporary > cyber-expre
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different from not to or than. dile
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effectively, in effect Effectively
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euphemisms Avoid, where possible, e
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thousand curses, a hundred years of
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It was hoped that after improvement
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Forza Italia Médecins Sans Fronti
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French names see names. fresh is no
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global > grammar and syntax And wha
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or for its constituents: The counci
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passive or active? Be direct. Use t
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stockbrokers Furman Selz Mager, ban
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past continuance: He grew up in pos
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Russia With Love”, “The Man Who
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eopen reorder repurchase subcommitt
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9 Avoiding ambiguities a little-use
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prefi x is of one or two syllables,
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22 Two words ad hoc (always) air ba
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i iconoclasm Many good writers brea
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elite en masse, en route grand prix
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j Japanese names see names. jargon
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meaningful perceptions prestigious
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k key A key may be major or minor,
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the individual; in the United State
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m masterful, masterly Masterful mea
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foundering chains, both fl oods and
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n names For guidance on spelling pe
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Arabic names and words Al, al- Try
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Fahd Qawasmeh Ahmed Qurei Qurnah Ma
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appropriate title: Mr Budiono. For
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Georgy Yury Gennady Zhirinovsky Niz
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the language of a useful or well-li
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p Pakistani names see names. palate
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the Caucasus the Netherlands the Ga
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political correctness But do not la
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adopt because they cannot bring the
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2 After plurals that do not end in
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The doctor suggested an aspirin, ha
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q question-marks see punctuation. q
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Page 168 and 169: abbreviations chaps Clearing House
Page 170 and 171: abbreviations nav net asset value n
Page 172 and 173: Beaufort Scale For devotees of the
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G7, G8, G10, G22, G26 In 1975, six
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organisations OPEC Organization of
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organisations Specialised agencies
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populations of the world Country Po
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presidents of the US and prime mini
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proofreading illustrations, the pro
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INSTRUCTION TEXTUAL MARK MARGINAL M
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INSTRUCTION TEXTUAL MARK MARGINAL M
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s Stockmarket indices The following
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Russia rts Slovakia Sax Spain ibex
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Eastern +9 Central +8 Western +7 Ir
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apostrophes 114-15 with small capit
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England, administrative divisions 1
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lower case for measurements 8 for t
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sources for references 186-8 spacec
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