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1I before E except after C — I before e, except after c is a mnemonic device used to help many students remember how to spell certain words in the English language. It means that, in words where i and e fall together, the order is ie , except directly following c , when it… …
2List of English words containing Q not followed by U — In English, the letter q is usually followed by the letter u . While this is true in the vast majority of cases, there are some exceptions, the majority of which are romanised from Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Inuktitut, or other languages which do… …
3drift´ing|ly — drift «drihft», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to carry along by currents of water or air: »The current was drifting our boat onto the rocks. 2. to heap up; pile up: »The wind is so strong it s drifting the snow. 3. to enlarge or shape (a hole) with a… …
4mis|un|der|stand|ing — «MIHS uhn duhr STAN dihng», noun. 1. wrong understanding; failure to understand; mistake as to meaning: »I shall speak in simple words that there may be no misunderstanding. SYNONYM(S): misconception, misinterpretation. 2. a disagreement; quarrel …
5Phonological history of English consonants — The phonological history of English consonants is part of the phonological history of the English language in terms of changes in the phonology of consonants. Contents 1 Consonant clusters 1.1 H cluster reductions 1.2 Y cluster reductions …
6German language — German Deutsch Pronunciation [ˈdɔʏtʃ] Spoken in Primarily in German speaking Europe, as a minority language and amongst the German diaspora worldwide …
7Turkic languages — Family of more than 20 Altaic languages spoken by some 135 million people from the Balkans to central Siberia. The traditional division of Turkic is into four groups. The southeastern or Uighur group comprises Uighur, spoken mainly in Xinjiang,… …
8Daniel Pipes — Born September 9, 1949 (1949 09 09) (age 62) Boston, Massachusetts Occupation Political commentator; …
9Set phrase — A set phrase is an expression (i.e. term or phrase) whose parts are fixed (see examples below). It is often possible to express the idea conveyed by a set phrase with a different phrasing, but it is marked to do so. Two word set phrases arise… …
10Indigenous peoples of Australia — For a more complete list of Indigenous peoples of Australia (groups, kinship groups, communities and other collective designations) see List of Indigenous Australian group names There are several hundred Indigenous peoples of Australia, many are… …
