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21Chinese writing — Introduction basically logographic writing system, one of the world s great writing systems. Like Semitic writing in the West, Chinese script was fundamental to the writing systems in the East. Until relatively recently, Chinese… …
22The Name of Mary — ♦ The Name of Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Name of Mary (in Scripture and in Catholic use) New Testament, Mariam and sometimes Maria it seems impossible, in the present state of the text, to say whether the form Mariam was… …
23English modal auxiliary verb — In the English language, a modal auxiliary verb is an auxiliary verb (or helping verb ) that can modify the grammatical mood (or mode ) of a verb. The key way to identify a modal auxiliary is by its defectiveness; the modal auxiliaries do not… …
24Hypocoristic — A hypocoristic, hypocorism, or hypochorisma (from Greek el. ὑποκορίζεσθαι el. hypokorizesthai , to use child talk Oxford English Dictionary, online edition: hypocorism , accessed 2008 06 24] ) is a lesser form of the given name used in more… …
25Honorific — An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Honorific may refer broadly to the style of language or particular words or grammatical markings used in this way, including… …
26List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… …
27Samuel — m Biblical name (Hebrew Shemuel), possibly meaning ‘He (God) has hearkened’ (presumably to the prayers of a mother for a son). It may also be understood as a contracted form of Hebrew sha ul me el meaning ‘asked of God’. In the case of Samuel the …
28Rhyming slang — is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal British English from the East End of London; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. The construction involves replacing a common word… …
29Zimbabwe — Republic of Zimbabwe …
30Biodiversity — Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef …
