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a.m.
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before noon; e.g., 9:30 a.m.
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administer
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not administrate; what a system administrator
does
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affect
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verb; to influence. Not to be confused with effect
- noun; the result of an action
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allude
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verb; to refer to ; not to be confused with elude
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ALT key
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a keyboard key that is pressed with a letter
or digit key to command the computer. For example,
in Windows, holding down the alt key and pressing
F displays the File menu. Pressing Alt-Tab toggles
between applications.
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among
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used with plural objects including collective
nouns. As a general rule, use among with
objects denoting three or more (a group), and
use between with those denoting only two
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angle brackets
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< > used to enclose an internet address
to avoid interference from sentence punctuation
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ANSI
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American National
Standards Institute
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anti
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prefix, generally not hyphenated
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appendix
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pl: appendixes supplementary material usually
attached at the end of a piece of writing
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