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- NAACP
The NAACP is the official name of the U.S. civil rights organization that began in 1909. Use NAACP…
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is a civil and human rights law firm, originally founded as part of…
- names
A name is an expression of a person’s identity and should be treated with care. On first…
- NASA
Stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but NASA may be used in all references…
- nationalism
An ideology in which a deep devotion to one’s country or nation and its sovereignty is…
- native
As a noun, native means a person who is local to a certain place. For example, a native of Philadelphia. As an…
- Native American
A term used to describe the collective tribes across the continental United States and…
- nauseated, nauseous
Nauseated and nauseous are not interchangeable. Nauseated is an intransitive verb that means…
- need, needs
The word need is both a noun and a verb, but it is often misused in its verb form. As a noun, it means…
- negligence
Conduct that falls below the standard of society. In a law, negligence is a foundation of tort law. It is…
- net neutrality
Sometimes referred to as “open internet” or “internet neutrality.” This is the idea that internet service…
- New York Times v. Sullivan
A Supreme Court case establishing a test for libel cases. In “New York Times Co. v. Sullivan,” a unanimous…
- non-
Prefix meaning “not, reverse of, lack of, absence of.” Do not hyphenate after the prefix. Also see un-.
- nondisabled
The preferred term used for people who do not have or do not experience disability. …
- nonspeaking, nonverbal
Terms used to describe a person who does not use oral speech to communicate. Such…
- numbers
Spell out the following: • numerals and numbers at the start of a sentence. • numbers used in casual expression. …