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The word “including” is widely used in literature to introduce a subset of items or ideas that exemplify or add nuance to a broader category. Authors often deploy “including” to signal that a list or description is not exhaustive but highlights especially noteworthy elements. For instance, in historical and technical texts, it provides clarity by specifying elements—such as the winding bays of an island ([1]) or components of a system’s shutdown procedure ([2]). In narrative works, “including” can offer additional context or foreshadow events by naming characters or actions, as seen when the bishop is specifically mentioned among admirers ([3]) or when the police are singled out in an account of a misfortunate day ([4]). Thus, “including” serves to both narrow and emphasize aspects within a larger framework, enhancing the reader’s understanding of context and detail.
  1. The circumference of Cyprus is 3420 stadia, including the winding of the bays.
    — from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo
  2. The sytem will go through the entire shutdown procedure, including the sync command, which clears the disk cache as described above.
    — from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
  3. All his well-wishers will be pleased, including the bishop himself."
    — from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
  4. How was it that everything, including the police, went wrong that day?
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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