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- raise
- Ramadan
- rather
- re-
- readable
- reason is because
- reconcile to
- reconcile with
- recruit
- reduction in
- reference notes: author-number system
- reference notes: books
- reference notes: common abbreviations
- reference notes: endnotes
- reference notes: footnotes
- reference notes: general
- reference notes: in-text (author-date)
- reference notes: legal references
- reference notes: periodicals (articles)
- reference notes: subsequent references
- reflexive pronouns
- regard for
- regardless
- Regina
- Reginan
- register with
- regular routine
- relation
- relationship
- relative pronouns
- relieve of
- remand in custody
- remand (on)
- Remembrance Day
- replaced by
- replace with
- report for
- report on/upon
- reports: abstract or summary
- reports: appendixes
- reports: ending
- reports: findings and discussion
- reports: format
- reports: glossary
- reports: headings
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- reports: introduction to report
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- reports: mathematics
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- reports: preparation
- reports: references
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- reports: table of contents
- reports: title page
- reports: underlining
- report to
- reprieve
- reproach for
- reproach with
- requisition
- research in
- research into
- resemblance
- reservation
- reserve
- responsibility for
- responsibility of
- responsible
- responsible for
- responsible to
- result from
- result in
- resulting effect
- result of
- retreat
- retreat back
- retro-
- revenge
- revision checklist
- revision: content check
- revision: elimination of stereotyping
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- revision: grammar and mechanics
- revision: interrevision
- revision: introduction
- revision: names and addresses
- revision: preparation
- revision: reference notes
- revision: sequence of steps
- revision: style and usage
- revision: timing
- revision: uniform vocabulary
- revolutionize
- revolve around
- rhino-
- rhodo-
- Right Honourable
- right of
- rise
- rivière Saint-Jean
- rob
- roughly
- roughly about
- routine
- Rt. Hon.
- run-on sentences
- Russo-
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Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Alternate spellings for Ramadan include Ramadhan and Ramazan.
The word Ramadan means “the hot month” (from the Arabic root r-m-d, meaning “intense heat”), but the month does not always fall in summer. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar, not solar, Ramadan begins 11 days earlier each year.
During Ramadan, Muslims celebrate the revelation of the Quran (also spelled Koran) by praying, fasting and giving to charity. They also read from the Quran and engage in spiritual reflection. Fasting extends from dawn to dusk each day; at sunset, the fast is broken with a meal called the iftar.
The holiday that marks the end of Ramadan is called the Eid al-Fitr, or Eid for short.
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