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  2. Template:Example needed - Wikipedia

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    The wikilink on "example needed" is set to WP:AUDIENCE. (If there already is an example, just not one that meets your standards (in some way), use this template and explain in the reason parameter, an edit summary, or on the talk page. There isn't a specific {{Better example needed}} template for when an example already exists but where you ...

  3. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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    The author adds the caveat that in certain instances a writer may want to use two spaces between sentences. The examples given are: when one space "may not provide a clear visual break between sentences", if an abbreviation is used at the end of a sentence, or when some very small proportional fonts (such as 10-point Times New Roman) are used.

  4. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [40] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...

  5. Wikipedia:What to include - Wikipedia

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    If no article exists that can reflect or encompass that topic, then anyone can create a new entry on Wikipedia to encompass that topic. What are some examples of this? Parole camp. You may find this entry helpful as an example of a basic historical topic which is of some significance, but which did not have any entry here until relatively recently.

  6. Cebuano grammar - Wikipedia

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    Cebuano grammar encompasses the rules that define the Cebuano language, the most widely spoken of all the languages in the Visayan Group of languages, spoken in Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, part of Leyte island, part of Samar island, Negros Oriental, especially in Dumaguete, and the majority of cities and provinces of Mindanao.

  7. Donkey sentence - Wikipedia

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    The following sentences are examples of donkey sentences. Omne homo habens asinum videt illum. ("Every man who owns a donkey sees it") — Walter Burley (1328), De puritate artis logicae tractatus longior [3] [4] Every farmer who owns a donkey beats it. [5] If a farmer owns a donkey, he beats it. Every police officer who arrested a murderer ...

  8. Linguistic description - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic description is often contrasted with linguistic prescription, [8] which is found especially in education and in publishing. [9] [10]As English-linguist Larry Andrews describes it, descriptive grammar is the linguistic approach which studies what a language is like, as opposed to prescriptive, which declares what a language should be like.

  9. Modality (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    Assume for example that the speaker of sentence (4) above knows that John just bought a new luxury car and has rented a huge apartment. The speaker also knows that John is an honest person with a humble family background and doesn't play the lottery.