In joining ses after a circle vowel, following or preceding another consonant, the first of the s's may be lost in forming part of the circle, thus:
Drill 3
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Key: faces, masses, cases, races, places, teases, leases, guesses, defaces. When ses precedes or follows a consonant or hook-vowel, both s's are written, but with one movement. The following will show the application:
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Key: fences, losses, doses, loses, senses, tosses, condenses, romances. The combination xs occurs occasionally. Observe the joining.
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Key: mixes, boxes, fixes, foxes, taxes, vexes, sexes. When ted, ded, or ed is indicated with a disjoined t, it should be written upward quite close to the preceding character.
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Key: demanded, divided, talented, guided, printed, fainted, daunted.
