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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 ...
Words that already exist in the language are preferred over a borrowed term, for example, tuntunin vs. rul (derived from English rule). In terms of spelling, issues concerning the use of y-/iy-and w-/uw-are codified according to the number of preceding consonants and the origin of the word if it is borrowed.
They are attested beginning c. 150 BC, in the spellings ph th ch , at first only used to render the Greek φ θ χ in loanwords. (Previously these had been rendered in Latin as p t c .) From c. 100 BC onward ph th ch spread to a number of native Latin words as well, such as pulcher and lachrima.
Spelling Allophones Vowels /a/ a asoge ('mercury') /a/ is raised slightly to [ɐ] in unstressed positions and also occasionally in stressed positions (e.g. Ináng Bayan [iˈnɐŋ ˈbɐjɐn], 'motherland'). The diphthong /aj/ and the sequence /aʔi/ have a tendency to become [eɪ] or [ɛː] (e.g. tenga from taínga, 'ear'; kelan from kailan ...
The spelling adds -es, or -s if the ... With place names this rule is not always ... (including all words where /f/ is represented orthographically by gh or ph ...
Such scientific terms have their own rules about capitalization which take precedence over the standard initial capitalization rule. For example, pH would be liable to cause confusion if written PH, and initial m and M may even have different meanings, milli and mega, for example 2 MA (megamperes) is a billion times 2 mA (milliamperes ...
1. Incorrectly pluralizing a last name. This is the number one mistake we see on holiday cards. If your last name is Vincent, you can easily make it plural by adding an “s.”
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.