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mrsjacobs44

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What characteristics of language change explain the irregularities in English orthography?
 
  a. sound changes
  b. borrowed word changes
  c. etymological changes
  d. all of the above

Question 2

Which languages have a one-to-one sound-to-letter correspondence?
 
  a. Finnish
  b. Turkish
  c. Spanish
  d. all of the above



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