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Index B
- back up
- backup
- bad (1)
- bad (2)
- badly
- bandwagon
- based on
- Batavo-
- B (billion)
- B.C.
- BC (1)
- BC (2)
- BCE
- be-
- be advised that
- bear a resemblance to
- beaver fever
- beaver-fever
- because of
- because of the fact that
- Before Christ
- Before the Christian Era
- Before the Common Era
- begin
- begin at
- begin by
- begin from
- begin on
- begin to do
- begin with
- beg off
- beg the question
- behaviour
- behavioural
- behaviourism
- Belgo-
- below
- beneath
- benefit by
- benefit from
- benefits of
- benefits to
- be of the opinion that
- Beothuk
- be prohibited from
- beside
- besides
- beyond a shadow of a doubt
- beyond the realm of possibility
- bi-
- biannual (1)
- biannual (2)
- bias
- biblio-
- bibliographies: arrangement
- bibliographies: articles
- bibliographies: author’s name
- bibliographies: book
- bibliographies: edition
- bibliographies: finding the information for an entry
- bibliographies: general
- bibliographies: order of precedence
- bibliographies: publishing information
- bibliographies: romanization
- bibliographies: secondary responsibility
- bibliographies: secondary source citations
- bibliographies: sources other than books and articles
- bibliographies: titles
- bibliographies: translation
- bibliographies: types of bibliography
- bibliographies: works in a series
- biceps
- biennial
- billion
- bimonthly
- birthday
- biweekly
- black-and-white thinking
- bloc
- block
- book off
- born
- borne
- Bosnian-Croatian
- both … and
- boy
- braces
- breach
- bread-and-butter
- breakthrough
- breech
- bridgeable
- bring
- bring a charge against
- bring into question
- bring into the open
- bring pressure to bear on
- bring to a close
- bring to a conclusion
- bring to an end
- bring to completion
- British Columbia
- British Columbian
- broach
- broad
- brooch
- Bulgaro-
- Bungee
- Bungi
- business letters: attention line
- business letters: block style
- business letters: body of the letter
- business letters: carbon copy notation
- business letters: complimentary close
- business letters: consistency
- business letters: date
- business letters: delivery (mailing) notation
- business letters: enclosure notation
- business letters: indent style
- business letters: inside address
- business letters: length
- business letters: letterhead
- business letters: margins
- business letters: model letter
- business letters: name of person; title; name of organization
- business letters: postscript
- business letters: reference initials
- business letters: reference line
- business letters: salutation
- business letters: signature
- business letters: spacing
- business letters: subject line
- by (1)
- by (2)
- by (a specified time)
- by foot
- by means of
- by reason of the fact that
- by virtue of
- by virtue of the fact that
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business letters: enclosure notation
The notations Enclosure(s), Encl., Attachment(s) and Att. indicate that the envelope contains one or more documents in addition to the letter or attached to the letter. The number of such documents, if there are more than one, should appear after the notation.
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