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  2. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, a general reform was introduced to telephone numbers, including the 1, 2 and 3 for area codes as explained above, and adding a 4 at the beginning of all subscriber's numbers. However, since the reform some local numbers starting with a 5 are beginning to appear. Moreover, a hyphen is usually placed to separate the last four digits.

  3. Local food - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Local food is food that is produced within a short distance of where it is consumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket system. [1] Local food (or locavore) movements aim to connect food producers and consumers in the same geographic region, to develop more self-reliant ...

  4. Syllabification - Wikipedia

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    Syllabification. Syllabification (/ sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /) or syllabication (/ sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən /), also known as hyphenation, is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken, written [1] or signed. [2]

  5. List of double placenames - Wikipedia

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    Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.

  6. Email address - Wikipedia

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    The format of an email address is local-part@domain, where the local-part may be up to 64 octets long and the domain may have a maximum of 255 octets. [5] The formal definitions are in RFC 5322 (sections 3.2.3 and 3.4.1) and RFC 5321—with a more readable form given in the informational RFC 3696 (written by J. Klensin, the author of RFC 5321) and the associated errata.

  7. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    The more common British spelling "camomile", corresponding to the immediate French source, is the older in English, while the spelling "chamomile" more accurately corresponds to the ultimate Latin and Greek source. [141] In the UK, according to the OED, "the spelling cha-is chiefly in pharmacy, after Latin; that with ca-is literary and popular".

  8. Hyphen - Wikipedia

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    The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. [1]The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash –, em dash — and others), which are wider, or with the minus sign −, which is also wider and usually drawn a little higher to match the crossbar in the plus sign +.

  9. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and ...

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    followup (follow-up [noun], follow up [verb], follow-up [adjective]) for all intensive purposes (for all intents and purposes) for along time (for a long time) for awhile (for a while) for he and (for him and) for it's (for its [possessive]) for quite awhile (for quite a while) fore ground (foreground)