#Rule 1: Be selective The quantity of notes depends partly on individual preference and on the ability to write (re-code) fast, but mainly on knowledge of the topic. So one might expect the postgraduateto make fewer notes, assuming they knew more about the topic and therefore had less need to make full notes. To return to the page you were on, click here #Rule 2: Be brief exempli gratia = for example Nota Bene = (note well) it’s important to bear in mind id est = that is et cetera = (and the rest) and soon confere = compare this with vice versa = the other way round. International Labour Office World Health Organisation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Australian Broadcasting Corporation United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Personally, I use those abbreviations to mean important, but, international, essential, future, estimated, problem or probable, and student.
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