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  2. Verbosity - Wikipedia

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    There is a danger that the avoidance of prolixity can produce writing that feels unnatural or sterile. Physicist Richard Feynman has spoken out against verbosity in scientific writing. [29] Wordiness is common in informal or playful conversation, lyrics, and comedy. People with Asperger syndrome and autism often present with verbose speech. [30]

  3. Graphorrhea - Wikipedia

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    For example, digital phenotyping uses computerized measurement tools to apprehend the characteristics of a psychiatric disorder. In the case of schizophrenia, behavioural symptoms, such as graphorrhea, are being objectified and quantified under 'e-semiotics' (the study of electronic signs and their interpreted meanings).

  4. Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

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    A 2016 study of a sample of academic journals (not news publications) that set out to test Betteridge's law and Hinchliffe's rule (see below) found that few titles were posed as questions and of those that were questions, few were yes/no questions and they were more often answered "yes" in the body of the article rather than "no".

  5. Graphomania - Wikipedia

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    Entopic graphomania is a surrealist drawing exercise designed to highlight patterns and meaning in pieces of paper, including newspapers, blank pieces of copy paper, and pages of a book. [10] The process consists of closely examining a page for distinguishing features (folds, creases, blank spaces) and marking them with a writing utensil.

  6. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and ...

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    Part 1 of the manual approaches the process of research and writing. This includes providing "practical advice" to formulate "the right questions, read critically, and build arguments" as well as helping authors draft and revise a paper. [3] Initially added with the seventh edition of the manual, this part is adapted from The Craft of Research ...

  7. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    In all the examples that follow, the word after the acronym repeats a word represented in the acronym. The full redundant phrase is stated in the parentheses that follow each example: "I forgot my PIN number for the ATM machine." (Personal Identification Number number; Automated Teller Machine machine) "I upgraded the RAM memory of my computer."

  8. List of style guides - Wikipedia

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    Handbook of Technical Writing, by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing, by Leonard G. Goss and Carolyn Stanford Goss — provides a distinctively religious examination of style and language for writers and editors in religion, philosophy of religion , and theology

  9. Wikipedia : Naming conventions (definite or indefinite ...

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    For example: The Rite of Spring – in Russian, the native language of the work's composer, the title is without a definite article (and standard Russian has no definite article); in French, since the first public performance of the work, it has always been Le Sacre du printemps (with the definite article).