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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.
language that is impolite or in some way denies somebody their basic rights.
the process of trying to decipher the meaning of a word, sentence or phrase in order to...
a participle that ends in -ing, e.g. swimming, running. Present participles can be used in the...
a phrase that qualifies a noun, e.g. The girl with the red hair is my sister.
a book about the life of a person, written not by that person but by someone else.