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S Long U V Orthographical Features Mark Text

Front What are some of the orthographical features that mark a text as belonging to EME?
Back 's' was only used as a word final, with a long 's' used elsewhere.
'u' and 'v' were interchangable, with 'v' normally coming at the beginning of words and 'u' elsewhere.
The word-final 'e' signalled a long vowel.

Tags: early, english, modern

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