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aa- (1)a- (2)ABab-abbreviations: acronyms and initialismsabbreviations: ampersandabbreviations: business terms and symbolsabbreviations: capitals and hyphensabbreviations: corporate namesabbreviations: days and monthsabbreviations: degrees and distinctionsabbreviations: general guidelinesabbreviations: geographical namesabbreviations: imperial systemabbreviations: International System of Units (SI)abbreviations: latitude and longitudeabbreviations: military abbreviationsabbreviations: monetary unitsabbreviations: netspeakabbreviations: number symbolsabbreviations: parts of a book or documentabbreviations: periodsabbreviations: pluralsabbreviations: scientific and technical termsabbreviations: time zonesabbreviations: titles with personal namesabeyanceabideabide byaboutabove-mentionedabreastabsolutely essentialabsolute phrasesabstainabstain fromabstain inabstain onaccede toaccordanceaccording toaccording to our recordsaccord (of one’s own)accountable foraccountable toaccuracyaccurateacquiesce inacquiesce toacquiesce withaction verbsactive voiceact onact uponacu-addresses: official languagesaddresses on envelopes and parcels (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)adequate amount ofadequate number ofadjectiveadjective clauseadjective comparisonADTadverb clauseadverb comparisonadverbsadverseadverse toadviceadviseaero-a fewaffectAfghanafghaniaforementionedAfro-afteragainageingagendaagendasaggravateagingagreeableagree onagree toagree withagro-AlbertaAlbertanalliterationallo-all over againallow forallow toall readyall rightall-time recordall togetheralludeallusionalmost without exceptionalong these linesalreadyalrightAlta.alternate(ly)alternative(ly)altogetheralumnaalumnusa.m.a mari usque ad mareambi-American dollar (symbol) (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)Americo-amountan-anan abundance ofanalyseanalyzeandand/orand so as a resultAnglo-Anglophoneanniversaryanswer foranswer toante-anti-anticipateanxious aboutanxious atanxious foranxious toanyapostrophe: contractionsapostrophe: pluralsapostrophe: possessionapparentappearappositivesappraiseappriseapproval ofapproval toapproveapprove ofapproximatelyapproximately aboutaptaqua-aqui-Arabo-arch-Armeno-Armistice Dayaround (1)around (2)as a consequence ofas a matter of factas a result ofas a result of the fact thatascendascentas far asaspire afteraspire toas regardsassentassociate toassociate withas soon asassumeassureASTasterisk at end of sentenceastro-as well asAtlantic Daylight TimeAtlantic provincesAtlantic Standard Timeattentionattentiveattentivenessat that point in timeat the present timeat this point in timeat variance amongat variance withaudit and derived terms (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)Austro-authenticautumnauxiliary verbsavengeaverse toavocationawardsaware ofAzerbaijaniAzeri
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