A word to refer to the cases of something

Question

Consider:

There are more than 10 fields for a word including the following items/fields:

Should I repeat following fields or I can say following items?

What are other words like items.

I would leave it off entirely: There are more than 10 fields for a word, including the following: — Adam, Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 18:13

woz · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-22 18:38:06Z

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You can repeat "fields", or use a different word like "instances", but no additional word is necessary. Simply write:

There are more than 10 fields for a word including the following:

The word following can mean "what follows or comes next", so the sentence means:

There are more than 10 fields for a word including what comes next:

answered Oct 22, 2015 at 18:38

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