Front | What are some of the orthographical features that mark a text as belonging to EME? |
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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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