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  2. Wikipedia:Please clarify - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify

    You can choose one of these templates that tag text with inline messages to request specific clarifications that you cannot provide yourself: {{ Clarify }} to mark individual phrases or sentences {{ Confusing }} to mark sections (or entire articles, though this is undesirable because it makes it unclear what exactly needs to be improved)

  3. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    The word metaphor itself is a metaphor, coming from a Greek term meaning 'transference (of ownership)'. The user of a metaphor alters the reference of the word, "carrying" it from one semantic "realm" to another. The new meaning of the word might derive from an analogy between the two semantic realms, but also from other reasons such as the ...

  4. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Example of Use Dele: Delete: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ Begin new paragraph: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ no: Remove paragraph break: Caret [a] (Unicode U+2038, 2041, 2380) ‸ or ⁁ or ⎀ Insert # Insert space: Close up (Unicode U+2050) ⁐ Tie words together, eliminating a space: I was reading the news⁐paper this morning ...

  5. Template:Clarify - Wikipedia

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    Use this inline template as a request for other editors to clarify text that is difficult to understand. Place immediately after the material in question. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Reason reason A brief reason for the tag. Avoid using wikilinks, as they will be converted to plain text in the output. String suggested Text text Text fragment ...

  6. Interaction hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    One of the participants in a conversation will say something that the other does not understand; the participants will then use various communicative strategies to help the interaction progress. Many different strategies may be employed by interlocutors: for example, they may request for clarification (e.g.

  7. Clarification - Wikipedia

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    Clarification, clarifications, or clarify may refer to: Clarification (cooking), purification of broths; Clarification, preparation of clarified butter; Clarification and stabilization of wine; Clarification (water treatment) "Clarifications" , The Wire episode; The Clarification, Declaration Concerning Status of Catholics Becoming Freemasons

  8. Stipulative definition - Wikipedia

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    A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which a new or currently existing term is given a new specific meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context. When the term already exists, this definition may, but does not necessarily, contradict the dictionary ( lexical ) definition of the term.

  9. Template:Clarify span - Wikipedia

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    The {{clarify span}} template may be used when there is text that needs further explanation or clarification. Unlike the template {{ clarify }} , this template attaches explicitly to a portion of text, for example one or more specific sentences, by surrounding the text with the template.