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  2. Hard and soft G - Wikipedia

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    The sound of a hard g (which often precedes the non-front vowels a o u or a consonant) is usually the voiced velar plosive [ɡ] (as in gain or go) while the sound of a soft g (typically before i , e , or y ) may be a fricative or affricate, depending on the language.

  3. HSAB theory - Wikipedia

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    HSAB is an acronym for "hard and soft (Lewis) acids and bases".HSAB is widely used in chemistry for explaining the stability of compounds, reaction mechanisms and pathways. It assigns the terms 'hard' or 'soft', and 'acid' or 'base' to chemical species.

  4. Dutch phonology - Wikipedia

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    Post-velar and uvular variants are called harde g "hard g", while the post-palatal and velar variants are called zachte g "soft g". [9] There is also a third variant, called zwakke harde g "weak hard g", in which /ɣ/ is realised as [ ɦ ] and /x/ is realised as [ h ] and is used in Zeeland and West Flanders, which are h-dropping areas, so that ...

  5. Hard and soft G in Dutch - Wikipedia

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    In Northern Dutch, /ɣ/ appears immediately before voiced consonants and sometimes also between vowels, but not in the word-initial position. In the latter case, the sound is not voiced and differs from /x/ in length (/ɣ/ is longer) and in that it is produced a little bit further front (mediovelar, rather than postvelar) and lacks any trilling, so that vlaggen /ˈvlɑɣən/ 'flags' has a ...

  6. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    English orthography comprises the set of rules used when writing the English language, [1] [2] allowing readers and writers to associate written graphemes with the sounds of spoken English, as well as other features of the language. [3] English's orthography includes norms for spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and ...

  7. What is 75 Soft? Lose weight, get fit and boost mental health ...

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    75 Soft Challenge can be more realistic and doable than the 75 Hard mental toughness program. Learn the 75 Soft challenge rules and if it's safe.

  8. Silent k and g - Wikipedia

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    In English orthography, the letter k normally reflects the pronunciation of [] and the letter g normally is pronounced /ɡ/ or "hard" g , as in goose, gargoyle and game; /d͡ʒ/ or "soft" g , generally before i or e , as in giant, ginger and geology; or /ʒ/ in some words of French origin, such as rouge, beige and genre.

  9. ‘Break the rules’: Designers take risks at Milan Fashion Week

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    Over at Versace, Donatella looked to the interior residences of her late brother and brand founder Gianni, mining the Medusa, Barocco, and Greca emblems for the padded puffball and 3D-printed A ...