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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation e.g. stands for the Latin exempli gratiā "for example", and should be used when the example(s) given are just one or a few of many. The abbreviation i.e. stands for the Latin id est "that is", and is used to give the only example(s) or to otherwise qualify the statement just made.

  3. Condonation - Wikipedia

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    Condonation is irrelevant to some acts. For example, some jurisdictions prohibit consensual combat (other than in specially-sanctioned sports, such as boxing). In such a jurisdiction, the people arrested for brawling cannot avoid prosecution by condoning one another's assaults. [citation needed]

  4. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  5. Apostrophe - Wikipedia

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    Some references continue to condone their use, or even recommend their use in some abbreviations. For example, The Canadian Style states "Add an apostrophe and s to form the plural of abbreviations containing more than one period", so G.M.'s is preferred to G.M.s . [ 63 ]

  6. How could any compassionate person condone the lying ... - AOL

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    News and Observer readers comment on misinformation and rebuilding in western NC, the school teacher tutu controversy and an amendment on the ballot. | Letters to the editor

  7. Capital punishment in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    While the Bible very clearly condones and commands capital punishment, there are verses that can be interpreted as opposing the practice. For example, when Cain murdered Abel, God sentenced him to wandering as a fugitive rather than to death, and even issued a warning against killing Cain. A similar sentiment is suggested in Proverbs 28:17.

  8. List of English palindromic phrases - Wikipedia

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    A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of symbols that reads the same backwards as forwards, such as the sentence: "A man, a plan, a canal – Panama". ". Following is a list of palindromic phrases of two or more words in the English language, found in multiple independent collections of palindromic phra

  9. Executive Orders Signed By Donald Trump - The Huffington Post

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    A walked-back version of previous immigration order removes Iraq from the list of banned countries, only applies to non-visa holders, and removes exceptions for religious minorities. Read Order Read article ; February 28, 2017 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the Waters of the United States Rule