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 AMBIGUITY |
A possible double meaning that may confuse a listener or reader.
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 COLLOQUIAL |
Used in some dictionaries to label words appropriate only in informal speech.
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CONSISTENCY
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The result of staying within one pattern and avoiding confusing shifts in tense or grammatical perspective.
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 CONVENTION |
The customary way of doing things; what a reader or listener expects or is used to.
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 ECONOMY |
The sparing use of words, avoiding unnecessary wordiness or duplication.
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 FORMAL |
The kind of English appropriate in serious discussion and writing.
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GRAMMAR
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The study of the forms of words and their arrangement in a language.
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 INFORMAL |
The kind of standard English we use in casual conversations and personal letters.
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 NON-STANDARD |
The everyday language of those with little formal education; inappropriate in school, business, or writing.
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 REDUNDANCY |
Unintentional repetition, needless duplication
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 SLANG |
Extremely informal language; often used in a disrespectful manner.
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 STANDARD |
The language of our institutions - of school, chruch, business, and goverment.
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 NOUN |
Name of a person, place, thing, or quality: John, man, honesty
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 PRONOUN |
Word used in place of a noun I, you, who
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 ADJECTIVE |
Word that descrbies or limits a noun or pronoun: tells which, what kind of or how many: short, beautiful, honest
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