Sentence examples for cf. from inspiring English sources
"cf." is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to indicate that the statement you are making has a comparison or reference to something else. For example: "The prices of these books are significantly lower than last year (cf. 2020 prices)."
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Alternative form of cf.
Not to be confused with Nye Bevan Beyoncé beyond the pale not pail; this pale is derived from the Latin palus, a stake as used to support a fence (cf palisade); hence the figurative meaning of beyond the pale as being outside the boundary, unacceptable biannual or biennial?
Not in a hooded sort of libertine way (cf, the Paris intellectuals defending Dominique Strauss-Kahn with the observation: "nobody died").
MY TAKE on whether Washington, DC's immense wealth (cf my colleague) makes it the decadent capital of a declining empire (cf Matthew Yglesias) is that Washington has never been anywhere near decadent enough.
It is because generations of ministers (a) know they would be lynched by voters if they closed down Church of England and Roman Catholic schools, which routinely top league tables and (b) send their own children to such faith schools (cf, Tony Blair, David Cameron and other well-known political parents).
Remarkably, the Mail first mentions the Ashes on page 90, though it is usually happy to trumpet its love of cricket as a symbol of an eternal England (cf, Sir John Major, and his elegy as prime minister for a "country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers"): not even an editorial comment.
Their eagerness to believe the worst (cf. An Inconvenient Truth) is just as evident as the right wing's denialism.
First, at the level of pure campaign politics, it sounds uncomfortably close to crude conservative arguments in which Republicans suggest that Democrats buy the support of black and minority voters with "gifts" (cf, Mitt Romney's post-election analysis of his defeat by Barack Obama).
cf. D'Arms and Jacobson, 2000.
Canadian CF-18s are arriving in Romania.
"After the official support from the Valencia CF Foundation to sell the club to us (but before reaching an agreement with Bankia), the two players were on loan to Valencia for one year while we are trying to complete the transaction".
