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• Apostrophe [r]: Sign marking absence of a letter and, in English, possessive case. ^[e]
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• Hyphen [r]: A line (-), shorter than a dash (–), used to join words, as in 'word-joining is easy where hyphens are abundant'. ^[e]
• English phonemes [r]: A list of abstract sound units and their various spellings. ^[e]
• Spelling pronunciation [r]: Pronunciation of a word that differs from the historically established one, arising on the basis of the word's spelling. ^[e]
• Misspelling [r]: A non-standard spelling that is not an accepted spelling variant; for English, see Common misspellings. ^[e]
• Letter (alphabet) [r]: Symbol in an alphabetic script, usually denoting one or more phonemes; for example, in the English alphabet the letter <a> can represent the phoneme /æ/ as in mat and /eɪ/ as in mate. ^[e]
• Alphabet [r]: Writing system in which symbols - single or multiple letters, such as <a> or <ch> - represent phonemes (significant 'sounds') of a language. ^[e]
• Writing system [r]: A set of signs used to represent a language, such as an alphabet, or a set of rules used to write a language, such as conventions of spelling and punctuation. ^[e]
• Orthography [r]: Art or study of correct spelling and grammar according to established usage. ^[e]
• Written language [r]: The communication and representation of a language by means of a writing system. ^[e]
• Writing [r]: The process of recording thoughts or speech in a visually or haptically retrievable manner. ^[e]
• English irregular nouns [r]: English language nouns whose plural forms do not follow the standard rule of adding an –s to the end. ^[e]
• English irregular verbs [r]: English language verbs whose past and past participle tense forms do not follow the standard rules of add –d or -ed to the end but instead have special forms. ^[e]
• Silent letters in English [r]: English letter or letters within a particular word, which are not heard in the pronunciation of the word, but appear in the spelling—and the opposite. ^[e]
• French words in English [r]: French words and phrases in English, including a catalog. ^[e]
• British and American English [r]: A comparison between these two language variants in terms of vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. ^[e]
• Glottal stop [r]: Type of consonantal sound or part of sound found in many languages, produced by a complete closure of the vocal cords; for example, the [t] sound in English may be partially or completely replaced by a glottal stop, which briefly halts the airflow from the lungs, or a glottal closure may combine with other articulatory movements to form ejective or implosive sounds. ^[e]
• Schwa [r]: Mid-central neutral vowel, typically occurring in unstressed syllables and, in some systems of phonetic transcription, a stressed mid-central vowel. ^[e]
• Homophone [r]: A word pronounced the same way as another; may be spelt differently if the language is also written. ^[e]
• Ñ [r]: The Spanish letter representing the sound [ɲ] ([nj]). ^[e]