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a shortened form of a word, e.g. Mr for Mister, st for street, Prof. for professor, Rev. for Reverend. If the abbreviation ends in the same letter as the last letter of the word (as in Mr or st), the abbreviated word does not end in a full stop. If the abbreviation ends with a different letter from the last letter of the word (as in Prof. or Rev.), it does end in a full stop. In the case of well-known abbreviations of names, e.g. SABC or ANC, no full stops are used.
(also called an Italian sonnet) a sonnet consisting of an octave (eight-line stanza) and a...
the letters added to the end of a root that change the part of speech of the word.
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a brief outline or description of the topic to be discussed, usually suggesting the position of...
a pronoun that takes the place of peopleâ??s names, e.g. he, she.
a logical idea about something, which we take for granted, but which may turn out to be...