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The types used by Caxton and his contemporaries originated in Holland and Belgium, and did not provide for the continuing use of elements of the Old English alphabet such as thorn <þ>, eth <ð>, and yogh <ʒ>. The substitution of visually similar typographic forms has led to some
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is used to indicate a detailed description of something stated before, and when it precedes a list of group members, it implies (near) completeness.
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The noble gases, viz. helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, show an unexpected behaviour when exposed to this new element.
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provides a parenthetic clarification, removes an ambiguity, or supplies a word omitted in preceding text, while
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anomalies which persist to this day in the reprinting of archaic texts and the spelling of regional words.
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According to Cobham Brewer, the same abbreviation mark was used for "habet" and "omnibus".
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text, audio, video, pictures, graphics, can be transmitted through networking".
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can be read as "namely," "to wit," or "that is to say," or pronounced
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is usually used to elaborate or detail text which precedes it.
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his debt and his back pain, could not be so easily solved.
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that our attitude was in fact harmful, was not understood.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Index

Sc.
SC (disambiguation)
Namely (company)
special characters
rendering support
question marks, boxes, or other symbols
scribal abbreviation
medieval Latin
movable type
blackletter
i.e.
e.g.
/ˈvɪz/
/vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/
/wɪˈdlɪkɛt/
scilicet
section sign
/ˈsklɪkɛt/
/ˈsɪlɪsɛt/
Cf.
See also (disambiguation)
Sic

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Oxford English Dictionary
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
"'videlicet', Random House Dictionary"
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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