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  2. Long s - Wikipedia

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    The long s, ſ , also known as the medial s or initial s, is an archaic form of the lowercase letter s , found mostly in works from the late 8th to early 19th centuries. It replaced one or both [ a ] of the letters s in a double- s sequence (e.g., "ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "poſſeſs" or "poſseſs" for "possess", but never ...

  3. List of films: S - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of film articles (or sections within articles about films). It includes made for television films . See the talk page for the method of indexing used.

  4. List of acronyms: S - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter S. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars

  5. List of authors by name: S - Wikipedia

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    The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with S: Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p ...

  6. Letter frequency - Wikipedia

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    The California Job Case was a compartmentalized box for printing in the 19th century, sizes corresponding to the commonality of letters. The frequency of letters in text has been studied for use in cryptanalysis, and frequency analysis in particular, dating back to the Arab mathematician al-Kindi (c. AD 801–873 ), who formally developed the method (the ciphers breakable by this technique go ...

  7. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.

  8. List of painters by name beginning with "S" - Wikipedia

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    David Macbeth Sutherland (1883–1973), Scottish artist and Director of Gray's School of Art; George B. Sutherland (fl. mid–20th century), American painter and teacher; Graham Sutherland (1903–1980), English painter and print-maker; Carol Sutton (born 1945), American painter; Linda Sutton (born 1947), English painter

  9. S - Wikipedia

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    In some words of French origin, s is silent, as in 'isle' or 'debris'. The letter s is the seventh most common letter in English and the third-most common consonant after t and n . [7] It is the most common letter for the first letter of a word in the English language. [8] [9]