Comments on: The Six Spellings of “Long E” http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:35 -0500 hourly 1 By: Dea Conrad-Curry http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-219052 Dea Conrad-Curry Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:40:49 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-219052 What about -eo as in people? What about -eo as in people?

]]> By: k. leen http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-217539 k. leen Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:40:47 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-217539 don't forget silent e version with e consonant e spelling as in "these" don’t forget silent e version with e consonant e spelling
as in “these”

]]> By: Gerard Forde http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-209621 Gerard Forde Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:25:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-209621 ... and, of course: y - very I though I once read somewhere that there were 14 ways of spelling long e - can anyone think of any more? … and, of course:

y – very

I though I once read somewhere that there were 14 ways of spelling long e – can anyone think of any more?

]]> By: Gerard http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-203954 Gerard Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:36:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-203954 oh, I just thought of a twelfth: Leigh oh, I just thought of a twelfth: Leigh

]]> By: Gerard http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-203953 Gerard Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:34:16 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-203953 Six is quite short of the mark. I have counted eleven: e – be (also: fetus, legion, adobe, Korean) ee – bee ei – conceive ie – piece ea – peace oe – foetus ae – archaeology ey – key ay – quay aiu – Caius College, Cambridge (pronounced Keys) i – police, pique, amphibian, semi- Six is quite short of the mark. I have counted eleven:

e – be (also: fetus, legion, adobe, Korean)
ee – bee
ei – conceive
ie – piece
ea – peace
oe – foetus
ae – archaeology
ey – key
ay – quay
aiu – Caius College, Cambridge (pronounced Keys)
i – police, pique, amphibian, semi-

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