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  2. Inkhorn term - Wikipedia

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    Bad writers, and especially scientific, political, and sociological writers, are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones, and unnecessary words like expedite, ameliorate, predict, extraneous, deracinated, clandestine, subaqueous, and hundreds of others constantly gain ground from their Anglo ...

  3. Extraneous and missing solutions - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, the solution = is extraneous and not valid, and the original equation has no solution. For this specific example, it could be recognized that (for the value x = − 2 {\displaystyle x=-2} ), the operation of multiplying by ( x − 2 ) ( x + 2 ) {\displaystyle (x-2)(x+2)} would be a multiplication by zero.

  4. Four corners (law) - Wikipedia

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    In this clause, there would usually be language indicating that the parties' understanding of the other provisions of the contract are contained within the four corners of the same. Many modern contracts have taken it further to state that the entire agreement is contained within the agreement and that the agreement supersedes all prior ...

  5. Purposive approach - Wikipedia

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    The purposive approach (sometimes referred to as purposivism, [1] purposive construction, [2] purposive interpretation, [3] or the modern principle in construction) [4] is an approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation under which common law courts interpret an enactment (a statute, part of a statute, or a clause of a constitution) within the context of the law's purpose.

  6. Paraphasia - Wikipedia

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    Subordinate semantic paraphasias are the opposite of superordinate semantic paraphasias and replace the target word with one that is more specific – rose, for flower, for example. Part-whole semantic paraphasias replace the "whole" with the "part" as in finger for hand; or, conversely, the part with the whole, in the case of leg for foot.

  7. Doublet (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Most simply, a native word can at some point split into two distinct forms, staying within a single language, as with English too which split from to. [3] Alternatively, a word may be inherited from a parent language, and a cognate borrowed from a separate sister language. In other words, one route was direct inheritance, while the other route ...

  8. No, We’re Not Anthropomorphizing. Your Cat May Actually Be ...

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    Cats use body language very effectively to express their feelings. Depressed cats often hold their ears back and tuck or wag their tail. You may also notice that their hair stands on end.

  9. Verbosity - Wikipedia

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    Verbosity, or verboseness, is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. [1] The opposite of verbosity is succinctness. [dubious – discuss]Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity.