The Oxford writers ' dictionary.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1990.Subject(s): LOC classification: - R PE 1628 Ox2a 1990
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Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference | PE 1628.Ox2a 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3AEAD00026505P |
a rejected form or spelling is printed in light face except when it stands as a headword with cross-reference to be preferred form.(ii)oblique stroke is used to mark the end of that part of the headword to which boldface elements ihntorduced with dash or a hyphen.(iii)dash is used to stand for the repitition of a signle word already given,and the oblique stroke again marks the end of a common element.(iv)hyphenservres two purposes:to indicate that a compound is normally hyphenated whenever used,and to introduce a further second element to form a compound with a first element off earlier in the entry by means of an oblique stroke.(v)parenthesis are used to formulate a concise definition that will serve two or more parts of speech,the part in parentheses being included or omitted.(vi)full point is used in the normal way to markan abbreviated to end of a sentence.Itis omitted as ned -of-sentence markfrom the last sentence or section of complete entries
Adopts special conventions in the interests of saving space :(i)bold face is used for headwords and for all approved forms and spellings
where it occurs in this position it serves some other purpose,ususally as part of an abbreviation or contractionin which the point is retained.
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