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English
Noun
js
- plural of j
Usage notes
- Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.
Phrase
js
- (text messaging) Acronym of just saying.
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of just.
Anagrams
Egyptian
Pronunciation
Particle
enclitic
- used in conjunction with nj (or sometimes nn) to negate nominal sentences, adjectival sentences of possession, and rhemes of emphatic clauses.
- (inserted after the first word or phrase of a clause, archaic by Middle Egyptian) serves as a complementizer to convert a sentence into a subordinated noun or adverbial clause; that, for
Usage notes
See the notes at nj (“no, not”).
Derived terms
Noun
m
- Alternative form of jz (“tomb”)
Noun
m
- Alternative form of jzr (“tamarisk”)
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