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| Edit | Post #29860 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #29474 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #24859 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Academic Writing: Paraphrasing few words when quoting The following is from Japanese philosopher and thinker Toshihiko Izutsu's book The Concept of Belief in Islamic Theology (1965, page 146): > But what he wants to emphasize is that shar‘a can be active and effective only when man, through the exercise of his Reason, has already acquired knowledge of ... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Is a parenthetical reference to a later part of the text redundant in non-fiction writing? > The response will either be an evasion (we will come to that later), or it will be . . . Is the above (or similar) parenthetical redundant? (I couldn't find a suitable tag for this question, something like principles-of-good-non-fiction-writing.) (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Words and Phrases Used as Words The Chicago Manual of Style: > When a word or term is not used functionally but is referred to as the word or term itself, it is either italicized or enclosed in quotation marks. Proper nouns used as words, on the other hand, are usually set in roman. > > - The term critical mass is more often use... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |