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  2. Silent e - Wikipedia

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    In English orthography, many words feature a silent e (single, final, non-syllabic ‘e’), most commonly at the end of a word or morpheme. Typically it represents a vowel sound that was formerly pronounced, but became silent in late Middle English or Early Modern English .

  3. -ly - Wikipedia

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    When the suffix is added to a word ending in the letter y, the y before the suffix is replaced with the letter i, as in happily (from happy). This does not always apply in the case of monosyllabic words; for example, shy becomes shyly (but dry can become dryly or drily, and gay becomes gaily).

  4. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    prefix cwm in Welsh and cum in Cumbric; borrowed into old English as suffix coombe. dal [5] SG, I meadow, low-lying area by river Dalry, Dalmellington: prefix Cognate with and probably influenced by P Dol: dale [10] OE/ON valley OE, allotment OE Airedale i.e. valley of the River Aire, Rochdale, Weardale, Nidderdale: suffix Cognate with Tal (Ger ...

  5. List of diminutives by language - Wikipedia

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    -′tje for words ending in -y and for abbreviations: baby → baby'tje, cd → cd'tje, A4 → A4'tje-etje for words ending in -b, -l, -m, -n, -ng or -r preceded by a "short" (lax) vowel: bal → balletje (ball), kam → kammetje (comb), ding → dingetje (thing), kar → karretje (cart). Note that except for the ending -ng the final consonant ...

  6. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    E – "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello) [citation needed] Fitz – ( Irish , from Norman French ) "son of", from Latin " filius " meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [ citation needed ]

  7. Zooey Deschanel’s 2 Children Make Rare Appearance ... - AOL

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    Zooey Deschanel is a fun and festive mom!. The actress, 44, attended an event for The Simpsons’ latest holiday special, "O C’mon All Ye Faithful," on Friday, Dec. 13, when she was accompanied ...

  8. Category:English suffixes - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English suffixes" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. --elect-en-ene-est

  9. Common thyroid drug levothyroxine linked to bone mass loss - AOL

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    However, deprescribing may be considered if a patient experiences side effects like rapid heart rate, anxiety, or bone loss, or if their thyroid function tests normalize.” ...