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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Back to "reenter"

I am reading stories in a 1927 detective mystery book. "The Doctor, his wife, and the clock" by Anna Katharine Green shows "reenter" with 2 side-by-side dots over the 2nd "e." What are the dots called and what do they represent?
  

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Anonymous What are the dots called A diaeresis. It's hardly ever used anymore. com/dictionary/diaeresis Anonymous what do they represent?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous What are the dots called A diaeresis.
  • It's hardly ever used anymore.
  • com/dictionary/diaeresis Anonymous what do they represent?
  • The marked vowel starts a new syllable.
  • It is not combined with the preceding vowel to form a digraph.
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AnonymousWhat are the dots called
A diaeresis. It's hardly ever used anymore.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaeresis
Anonymouswhat do they represent?
The marked vowel starts a new syllable. It is not combi
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