When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Words_to_watch

    The advice in this guideline is not limited to the examples provided and should not be applied rigidly. If a word can be replaced by one with less potential for misunderstanding, it should be. [1] Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law.

  3. Bushism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushism

    Which of us could stand up to a similar level of linguistic scrutiny?". [ 6 ] In 2010, Philip Hensher called Bush's apparent coinage of the term "misunderestimated" one of his "most memorable additions to the language, and an incidentally expressive one: it may be that we rather needed a word for 'to underestimate by mistake'."

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/...

    Sample article layout (click on image for larger view) This guide presents the typical layout of Wikipedia articles, including the sections an article usually has, ordering of sections, and formatting styles for various elements of an article. For advice on the use of wiki markup, see Help:Editing; for guidance on writing style, see Manual of ...

  5. How to Correct a Mistake on a Check: Step-by-Step - AOL

    www.aol.com/ve-mistake-while-writing-check...

    Can You Use White Out on a Check? No, it’s not a good idea to use white out on a check. If you made a mistake, neatly cross out the mistake with one line and write the correction above the mistake.

  6. List of Wikipedia controversies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia...

    John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, it has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, which allows any user to edit its encyclopedic pages, has led to ...

  7. List of CIA controversies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CIA_controversies

    The September 11 attacks have been viewed by some as an example of shortcomings for the United States' various intelligence agencies. George W Bush's administration has openly stated they did not foresee the possibility of airliners being used as weapons, despite regular briefings from intelligence agencies and prior incidents of airliners ...

  8. Help:Advanced text formatting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_text_formatting

    Typography is the art and technique of setting written subject matter in type using a combination of typeface styles, point sizes, line lengths, line leading, character spacing, and word spacing to produce typeset artwork in physical or digital form. The same block of text set with line-height 1.5 is easier to read: Typography is the art and technique of setting written subject matter in type ...

  9. Sworn declaration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sworn_declaration

    Where allowed, such an endorsement gives the document the same weight as an affidavit, per 28 U.S.C. § 1746 [2] The document is called a sworn declaration or sworn statement instead of an affidavit, and the maker is called a "declarant" rather than an "affiant", but other than this difference in terminology, the two are treated identically by ...