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magic e en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A silent e (in certain English words, such as cake and time) that appears to change the pronunciation of the preceding vowel.
    • Write the following words in a column on a printing tablet or whiteboard: fat, mat, rat, cap, pan, hid, at, and us. Ask your child to wave his magic wand, add an e with his pencil, and see the new words he makes as he adds the magic e. 2011, Susan M. Greve, Phonics for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 114:

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magic e's Number=Plur lexicographic
magic es Number=Plur lexicographic

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