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a shortened form of a word, e.g. Mr for Mister, st for street, Prof. for professor, Rev. for Reverend. If the abbreviation ends in the same letter as the last letter of the word (as in Mr or st), the abbreviated word does not end in a full stop. If the abbreviation ends with a different letter from the last letter of the word (as in Prof. or Rev.), it does end in a full stop. In the case of well-known abbreviations of names, e.g. SABC or ANC, no full stops are used.
a well-known saying, which is generally taken to be true and contains some kind of wisdom about...
sharp (clever) humour. Wit is not necessarily biting or angry, but it can be. Shakespeare wrote...
playful rhyming verse consisting of five lines in an aabba pattern, e.g. Edward Learâ??s...
a group of words without a finite verb. It must make sense in its context. There are various...
See film script and play script.