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This article is a list of standard proofreader's marks used to indicate and correct problems in a text. Marks come in two varieties, abbreviations and abstract symbols. These are usually handwritten on the paper containing the text. Symbols are interleaved in the text, while abbreviations may be placed in a margin with an arrow pointing to the ...
Dazzling is a 2023 novel written by Nigerian-British writer Chikodili Emelumadu and published by Wildfire in 2023. [1] [2] The novel focuses of Treasure, who is married to a spirit and Ozoemena, who is initiated into the Leopard Society which gives her a shamanistic connection with the Igbo goddess, Idemili.
The Exsultet (spelled in pre-1920 editions of the Roman Missal as Exultet ), also known as the Easter Proclamation ( Latin: Praeconium Paschale ), [1] is a lengthy sung proclamation delivered before the paschal candle, ideally by a deacon, during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass. In the absence of a deacon, it may be sung by a priest ...
Daguerreotype of the poet Emily Dickinson, taken circa 1848. " There's a certain Slant of light " is a lyrical poem written by the American poet Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886). The poem's speaker likens winter sunlight to cathedral music, and considers the spiritual effects of the light.
Opera is a multi-platform web browser developed by its namesake company Opera. The current edition of the browser is based on Chromium.Opera is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS (Safari WebKit engine).
"Uncleftish Beholding" (1989) is a short text by Poul Anderson, included in his anthology "All One Universe". It is designed to illustrate what English might look like without its large number of words derived from languages such as French, Greek, and Latin, especially with regard to the proportion of scientific words with origins in those languages.
History of PDF. The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe Systems, introduced at the Windows and OS/2 Conference in January 1993 and remained a proprietary format until it was released as an open standard in 2008. Since then, it has been under the control of an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee of ...
Dutch neder and its English cognate nether both mean 'down(ward), below'. The English word is now uncommon, mostly replaced by lower in English. Neder or nether may simply have denoted the geographical characteristics of the land, both flat and down river. This may have applied to the singular form Nederland, or Niderland. It was a geographical ...