I simply extracted the Wiktionary entries and threw them into this interface! So it took a little more work than expected, but I'm happy I kept at it after the first couple of blunders. Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: the UBY project mentioned above , mongodb and express. Currently, this is based on a version of wiktionary which is a few years old.
Lawrence Seaway. But see the entries for Saint John and Sault Ste. Saint John The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. Salt Lake City Stands alone in datelines. The verbs: sandbagged , sandbagging. And: sandbagger. San Diego The city in California stands alone in datelines.
San Francisco The city in California stands alone in datelines. Sardinia Use instead of Italy in datelines on stories from communities on this island. Do not abbreviate. See datelines. Satan But lowercase devil and satanic. A satellite usually has a number of transponders. Most communications satellites are in geosynchronous orbits. Also geostationary. Saturday See days of the week.
Saturday night special See weapons. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Marie, Ontario The abbreviation is Ste. Use the association on second reference. Leave them there.
The people are the Scots , not the Scotch. Scotch tape A trademark for a brand of transparent tape. Scotch whisky A type of whiskey distilled in Scotland from malted barley. The malt is dried over a peat fire. Capitalize Scotch and use the spelling whisky only when the two words are used together. Use the spelling whiskey for generic references to the beverage, which may be distilled from any of several grains.
Scotland Use Scotland after the names of Scottish communities in datelines. See datelines and United Kingdom. Scripture, Scriptures Capitalize when referring to the religious writings in the Bible. See Bible. Helena Island. Those within Georgia include Cumberland Island largest in the chain , St. Simons Island and St. Catherines Island no apostrophes , and Sea Island. Simons Island is a village on St. Simons Island. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Headquarters is in Chicago.
Seattle The city in the state of Washington stands alone in datelines. The verb form: second-guess. Also: second-guesser. Secondhand Rose had a watch with a second hand that she bought secondhand.
All uses: A second-rate play. The play is second-rate. A few prominent acronyms acceptable on first reference also are listed alphabetically according to the letters of the acronym. The listing of an acceptable term for second reference does not mean that it always must be used after the first reference.
Often a generic word such as the agency , the commission or the company is more appropriate and less jarring to the reader.
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Secret Service A federal agency administered by the Treasury Department. Security Council U. Security Council may be used on first reference in stories under a United Nations dateline. Use U. Security Council in other first references. See governmental bodies. The same principles apply to foreign bodies. See foreign legislative bodies. Lowercase references to non-governmental bodies: the student senate at Yale. Is the word founder capitalized? Should word be capitalized in the bible?
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Traditionally, this occurs every seventh year. Because of this scholarly context, we may easily miss what is hiding in plain sight: that sabbatical is related to Sabbath , which refers to the Biblical day of rest, or the seventh day. We trace the origins of both sabbatical and Sabbath to the Greek word sabbaton.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;. But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. See more words from the same century. Accessed 12 Nov. More Definitions for Sabbath.
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