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32 Cards in this Set
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cabinet
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capitalize references to a specific body of advertisers heading executive departments for a president, king etc.
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Cairo
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city in Egypt stands alone on datelines
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California
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Datelines-Calif.
Postal Code: CA |
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call letters
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all caps, use hyphens to seperate from station
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call up vs call-up
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call up =verb
call-up=noun |
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campaign manager
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always lower case
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Canada
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Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto= stand alone in datelines
other datelines use city name and province spelled out 10 provinces |
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canal
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capitalize when part of proper name
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cannon vs. canon
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cannon-weapon
canon-law or rule |
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cant
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distinctive stock words and phrases used by a particual sect or class
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Canuck
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ref to Canadian
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canvas vs canvass
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canvas-heavy cloth
canvass- noun and verb denoting survey |
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capital vs capitol
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capital-city where a seat of gov is located
money, equipment or property capitol-capitalize when refering to a buildingin washington |
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carat v. caret v. karat
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carat-weight of precious stones
caret-writer's and proofreaders mark karat-proportion of pure gold used with an alloy |
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car pool v. carpool
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car pool-noun
carpool-verb |
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carry-over
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noun and adjective
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caster v. castor
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caster-roller
castor-spelling of the oil and the bean for which it is derived |
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cave in vs. cave-in
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cave in -verb
cave-in= noun and adjective |
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celebrant vs. celebrator
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celebrant= someone who conducts a religious rite
celebrator-someone having a good time |
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censer vs censor vs. censure
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censer-cointainer in which incense is burned
cansor-to prohibit or restrict the use of something censure=condemn |
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centi-
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one-hundreth of a unit
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Central Asia
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Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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change up vs. change-up
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change up- verb change-up n and adj
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channel
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capitalize when used with a figure ,lowercase elsewhere
also: English Channel |
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chapter
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lowercase when standing alone
capitalize with number |
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character vs reputation
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character:moral qualities
reputation:way a person is regarded by others |
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change off
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a loan that cant be repaid and is written off as a bad dept
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chauffeur
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chauffeur
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check-in vs check in
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check-in=n,adj
check in=v. |
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checkout vs.check out
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checkout=n, adj
check out=v |
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formely known as Madras
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Chennai
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chess
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lowercase
ranks take numbers |
