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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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for Business (2005): “Sector Skil
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short words Use them. They are ofte
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and the need for a strong defence,
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forswear, forsworn fuelled -ful, no
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quangos sopranos virtuosos radios s
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t table Avoid table as a transitive
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total is all right as a noun, but a
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Companies can be bought and sold ra
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w warn is transitive, so you must e
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part 2 American and British English
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punctuation commas in lists The use
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spelling the unfamiliar form may st
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-re/-er Most British English words
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of past tense and past participle,
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Accounting, banking and finance voc
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British American crayfish crawfish
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part 3 useful reference
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abbreviations chaps Clearing House
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abbreviations nav net asset value n
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Beaufort Scale For devotees of the
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for stock to be turned over once =
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a Figures in brackets denote the nu
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Italy (Italian Republic) Regions Ab
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Krais Altai Krasnoyarsk Khabarovsk
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Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmo
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Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strab
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currencies Country Currency Symbol
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currencies Country Currency Symbol
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e Earthquakes An earthquake is meas
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Name Symbol Radium Ra Radon Rn Rhen
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at the end of the publication in a
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g Geological eras Astronomers and g
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internet iab internet architecture
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l Latin Here are some common Latin
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in loco in the place of; eg, in loc
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Gresham’s law When money of a hig
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m Measures UK imperial units A chan
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Area 1,000km = 1 megametre nautical
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Spanish: short (corta) = 2,000 libr
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Crude oil 1 barrel = 42 US gallons
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Multiply number of Length by to obt
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Multiply number of Weight (mass) by
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1990 Chemistry Elias James Corey Ec
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Physics Zhores I. Alferov, Jack S.
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Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
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Observer status Aruba Netherlands A
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EFTA European Free Trade Associatio
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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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sources for references 186-8 spacec