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It tempting to se long sence tye it jos Hah Tat tien dt te final wes sal we mle, pin Satan Ut readers can rsp uly. ‘ten, sentence defrions end up in assay, while extended defation cn be placed in an append When readers te tte to ook wp tse eft, ing and proteaing, pay cose teat to the peieness sd pedal of he ‘Thre are thee types of einitons parent, selene, ad etn, deere tortor stustion fra dfn, yu can see Fiv-W and ow Queans Then, 30u shall revew your abet, pups, sy ad contest of nnn and dating partition ivalesfndng word or plas lay te meaning of es, ‘Orgareing an dating a ete deftones demining the ter, ater a distinguishing tres the et being define Ding sn exe defiton may note reach ft the ground ad renin of aan, and tone sng dere tengues sh Revise nd eit your definitions ome sare they are 1. By sore rt ta, en tec words that re commonly sed in ur a a The ites rai nie ah ‘dens nto say” tat ou can get your es had int your 2. Pika word titres yo. Then, goo te Oxf Engi Dior eyoogy an wen vas fisted te Eng guage Te, wie emo 8 Hest of words and phe wih sone inrsing word ties Pk forte word showing how shy eet rds ee) sea eto tab bro saad ound 2 ‘Marly’ an Sapesoat ic dn thot ar a next ae Sit ying the meaning ofthe word Write an extended definition in which you use examples, anno, a arte and diferences aang ater tetqus, to exp EEE EEE ‘ging an e-mails Tes like JMO (“in my opinion’), vb he right back fof laihing ot of read the taal, a om) ad CQ 1 seek you) are commonly ed code inthe acre omata With ‘and how they are we Your glosary should be wien for people mo ae new to Collaborative Project ‘ir group has bn asgned to develop aos of tems tht re commons on your eal campus The gsi bing ween for ne sudents a tha Preiss wel aor pls eallege amines aly wh ee dot Xow wt hi students ar ating abot Yi glosry wl be pt onthe lees sedate so people wil lve ui atest he wae ‘When yur groups ished with osary combine i wih the gssaries ‘tom other rouge inthe eas. 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