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| rowspan=3 | Quotes ([[MOS:QUOTE]]; [[MOS:QUOTEPOV]])

| Use quotes only when they add value beyond what can be paraphrased. Do not overuse.

| The women of high Chinese society also followed these codified practices, and used silk in their garments alongside the addition of countless decorative motifs.{{Dummy ref|4}} A 17th century work, {{translTransliteration|zh|[[Jin Ping Mei]]}}, gives a description of one such motif:

{{quote|Golden lotus having a quilted backgammon pattern, double-folded, adorned with savage geese pecking at a landscape of flowers and roses; the dress' right figure had a floral border with buttons in the form of bees or chrysanthemums.{{Dummy ref|4}}}}

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| cult, fundamentalist, heretic, neo-Nazi, -gate, pseudo-

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| Avoid [[weasel words]] which vaguely dressesdress a statement with authority, without basis. Some such statements may be acceptable in the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] of an article (which summarises content in the body of the article) when they accurately represent the overall opinions of reliable sources.

| some people say, many scholars state, it is considered, experts declare, it is widely thought, scientists claim

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