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English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
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I assume (for no better reason than that I more often am chatted to by well-developed/improved bots than random selection would imply) that less developed/improved bots are weighted not to initiate chats so often, so I wouldn't have thought that was to blame for the xnones.
Let's face it, 90% of the 6000+ bots on the site have a development rating lower than 145, and 80% are lower than 47. Most are stone cold and presumably abandoned. They'll occupy a bit of server space, but by my reckoning the bottom 4000 bots combined would be less than the top 10 combined in terms of cumulative development.
Do orphaned, defunct bots ever get culled? Perhaps that would be a better approach - any bots under 100 development who haven't been worked on for x months could be rounded up and fed to Bildgesmythe?
In public, like the Romans did in the Colisseum. We could sell tickets and hot dogs. Make a real spectacle of it
Let's face it, 90% of the 6000+ bots on the site have a development rating lower than 145, and 80% are lower than 47. Most are stone cold and presumably abandoned. They'll occupy a bit of server space, but by my reckoning the bottom 4000 bots combined would be less than the top 10 combined in terms of cumulative development.
Do orphaned, defunct bots ever get culled? Perhaps that would be a better approach - any bots under 100 development who haven't been worked on for x months could be rounded up and fed to Bildgesmythe?
In public, like the Romans did in the Colisseum. We could sell tickets and hot dogs. Make a real spectacle of it
The Prof does recycle abandoned bots now and then. I don't know what the development cut off is, though.
CROAK! 
Hey i need some help plz.
Ok well i put hello in as a keyphrase but my bot doesn't to it... Is that because hello is meant to be a X statement???
Ok well i put hello in as a keyphrase but my bot doesn't to it... Is that because hello is meant to be a X statement???
Yeah, look in the x-keywords, you can program hello's and good byes etc, but if you need detailed instruction check out the book of AI.
English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
Definition
A cliché is a hackneyed phrase or expression.
The phrase may once have been fresh or striking, but it has become tired through over-use.
Examples
"He was over the moon about that goal."
" Yes please. I don't mind if I do."
" Far be it from me..."
" I would be the last person to cast aspersions."
We will leave leave no stone unturned in our search.
Use
Clichés are often used unconsciously in casual speech.
They usually suggest mental laziness or the lack of original thought.
They should be avoided in writing.
Clichés circulate in the spoken language very readily, because they save people having to think.
When written down, they appear even more tired and vacuous than when spoken.
Traditional examples are expressions such as it takes the biscuit, back to square one and a taste of his own medicine.
Current favourites (in the UK) include the bottom line is ..., a whole different ball game, living in the real world, a level playing field, and moving the goalposts.
Clichés present a temptation, because they often seem to be just what is required to make an effect. They do the trick. They hit the nail on the head. They are just what the doctor ordered. [See what I mean?]
Here is a stunning compilation, taken from a provincial newspaper. The example is genuine, but the names have been changed to protect the innocent. [That's a deliberate example!]
By their very nature cabarets tend to be a bit of a hit and miss affair. And Manchester's own 'Downtown Cabaret' is ample proof of that. When it was good it was very good, and when it was bad it was awful. Holding this curate's egg together was John Beswick acting as compere and keeping the hotchpotch of sketches and songs running along smoothly. And his professionalism shone through as he kept his hand on the tiller and steered the shown through a difficult audience with his own brand of witticism. Local playwright Alan Chivers had previously worked like a Trojan and managed to marshal the talents of a bevy of Manchester's rising stars.
It isn't always easy to see where an idiomatic expression ends and a cliché begins.
The essential difference between them is that an idiom is not being offered as original thought. We say 'fish and chips' because people do not normally say 'chips and fish' (because it's more difficult to say). But anybody who says he's 'over the moon' about something has chosen the expression, no doubt thinking that it's impressive.
A vogue word is very close to the cliché. This is an item of vocabulary whose meaning is becoming blurred, distorted, or inflated [that is, emptied] through over-use.
The term 'vogue' implies that the word is currently fashionable.
That's a fantastic dress! [very nice]
We're in a war situation. [at war]
It's a brilliant novel. [interesting]
She'll get paranoid about it. [become worried]
What a fabulous car! [remarkable]
The use of these terms is very common in everyday speech. They should be avoided in formal writing.
NB! Beware. Cliché may sometimes be used consciously for ironic effect.
A cliché is a hackneyed phrase or expression.
The phrase may once have been fresh or striking, but it has become tired through over-use.
Examples
"He was over the moon about that goal."
" Yes please. I don't mind if I do."
" Far be it from me..."
" I would be the last person to cast aspersions."
We will leave leave no stone unturned in our search.
Use
Clichés are often used unconsciously in casual speech.
They usually suggest mental laziness or the lack of original thought.
They should be avoided in writing.
Clichés circulate in the spoken language very readily, because they save people having to think.
When written down, they appear even more tired and vacuous than when spoken.
Traditional examples are expressions such as it takes the biscuit, back to square one and a taste of his own medicine.
Current favourites (in the UK) include the bottom line is ..., a whole different ball game, living in the real world, a level playing field, and moving the goalposts.
Clichés present a temptation, because they often seem to be just what is required to make an effect. They do the trick. They hit the nail on the head. They are just what the doctor ordered. [See what I mean?]
Here is a stunning compilation, taken from a provincial newspaper. The example is genuine, but the names have been changed to protect the innocent. [That's a deliberate example!]
By their very nature cabarets tend to be a bit of a hit and miss affair. And Manchester's own 'Downtown Cabaret' is ample proof of that. When it was good it was very good, and when it was bad it was awful. Holding this curate's egg together was John Beswick acting as compere and keeping the hotchpotch of sketches and songs running along smoothly. And his professionalism shone through as he kept his hand on the tiller and steered the shown through a difficult audience with his own brand of witticism. Local playwright Alan Chivers had previously worked like a Trojan and managed to marshal the talents of a bevy of Manchester's rising stars.
It isn't always easy to see where an idiomatic expression ends and a cliché begins.
The essential difference between them is that an idiom is not being offered as original thought. We say 'fish and chips' because people do not normally say 'chips and fish' (because it's more difficult to say). But anybody who says he's 'over the moon' about something has chosen the expression, no doubt thinking that it's impressive.
A vogue word is very close to the cliché. This is an item of vocabulary whose meaning is becoming blurred, distorted, or inflated [that is, emptied] through over-use.
The term 'vogue' implies that the word is currently fashionable.
That's a fantastic dress! [very nice]
We're in a war situation. [at war]
It's a brilliant novel. [interesting]
She'll get paranoid about it. [become worried]
What a fabulous car! [remarkable]
The use of these terms is very common in everyday speech. They should be avoided in formal writing.
NB! Beware. Cliché may sometimes be used consciously for ironic effect.
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