Sentence examples for subsequent mentions from inspiring English sources

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Prominent figures can just be named, with their function at second mention: "David Cameron said last night" (first mention); "the prime minister said" (subsequent mentions).

A few examples: Papworth hospital Papworth hospital NHS foundation trust (if you want to give the full name), Papworth hospital NHS trust (normal style on first mention), the trust (subsequent mentions).

A few weeks ago, when I posted an interview with Andrew Gottlieb, author of the Elizabeth Gilbert parody "Drink, Play, F@ k," I noticed that Black Cat Press had opted to "bleep out" the final word of the title on the book's cover, and in all subsequent mentions.

Note, however, the difference between "she got the answers all right" and "she got the answers, alright!" All Souls College Oxford, no apostrophe all together as one united body: "We are all in it together" altogether completely, totally: "That's an altogether different matter" "alt-right" use once and in quotes at first mention; use far right at any subsequent mentions.

United Nations United Nations - Muammar Al-Qadhafi (first mention) United Nations - Mr. Qadhafi (subsequent mentions).

United States press Wall Street Journal - Moammar Gadhafi New York Times - Muammar el-Qaddafi (first mention in article) New York Times - Colonel Qaddafi (subsequent mentions) New Yorker - Colonel Muammar Qaddafi Washington Post - Moammar Gaddafi Time - Muammar Gaddafi Huffington Post - Moammar Gadhafi Newsweek - Muammar Gaddafi CNN - Moammar Gadhafi.

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titles cap up titles, but not job description, eg President Barack Obama (but the US president, Barack Obama, and Obama on subsequent mention); the Duke of Westminster (the duke at second mention); Pope Francis but the pope.

While the first instance of a name is usually preceded by a name indicator, and thus can be de-identified by the third mechanism described above, subsequent mentioning of the same name may not be preceded by any apparent context keywords.

Subsequent story mentions that French had sold 162,200 shares of company stock since November 2007 because "they were purchased with borrowed money".

The plan and subsequent versions mentioned only in broad terms the importance of safety at the nation's nuclear plants despite the 2002 disclosure of cover-ups at Fukushima Daiichi and a 1999 accident at a plant northeast of Tokyo in which high levels of radiation were spewed into the air.

When the ERA was re-introduced on June 22 , 2011 only 11 news clips in the subsequent week mentioned it.

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