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Some Philippine English usages are borrowed from or shared with British English or Commonwealth English, for various reasons. [example needed] Due to the influence of the Spanish language, Philippine English also contains Spanish-derived terms, including Anglicizations, some resulting in false friends, such as salvage and viand.
Omnibus bill, a single legislative document containing many laws or amendments; Omnibus claim, a patent claim which does not explicitly state any technical features of the product or process; Omnibus clause; Omnibus hearing; Omnibus issue, in philately; Omnibus law (Serbia), a Serbian law regarding Vojvodina; Omnibus progression, a type of ...
Omnibus legislation is routinely used by the United States Congress to group together the budgets of all departments in one year in an omnibus spending bill. For example, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 was designed to help reduce the federal deficit by approximately $496 billion over five years through restructuring of the tax code.
Filipino women is an expression that is mainly used outside the Philippines and should be avoided in Philippine-related articles; in Philippine English, standard usage is Filipinas, Filipina women or, more rarely, Philippine women. Pinoy and the feminine form Pinay are the slang equivalents to Filipino and Filipina respectively, and apply to ...
Imposing an Enhanced Community Quarantine in High-Risk Geographic Areas of the Philippines and a General Community Quarantine in the rest of the country from May 1 to 15, 2020, Adopting the Omnibus Guidelines on the implementation thereof, and other purposes. April 30, 2020 [112] 113
Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons). Normally use nouns or noun phrases: Early life, not In early life. [f]
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