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 not qualified as "simplified," "new," "obsolete," or the like. Examples of incorrect forms ar printed in ; index words and letters and illustrativ letters, in boldface; regulativ words, in.

æ, œ, initial or medial. e.

bt pronounst t. silent b.

ceed final. cede.

ch pronounst like c in car. silent h, before e, i, y.

double consonant before e final silent. last 2 letters.

double consonant final. double to single; in -ll only after a short vowel, and in -ss only in monosillables. gross, hiss, off, puss.