Have you paid any attention to the letters we use to end our words? For example, you won’t find any words ending in U, V, I, or J. Why is that?
Gareth Adamson has the answer on Quora. And yes, it has to do with history. But also with grammar.
Ending with a J
‘J’ is the newest letter of the alphabet, only clearly distinguished from ‘i’ starting in 1633. Most words had already fixed their spelling by then. It remains one of the least common letters and is only used in words of foreign origin, although these do include French words which have been in the language a very long time. There are precious few, if any, Anglo-Saxon words with a ‘j’ in them anywhere, let alone at the end. Since French words cannot end in ‘j’, neither can English words…
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Many thanks for sharing, Chris! And well done, Joelle 😀
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I never had thought Enlish grammar could make so much fun. Lol Thanks for sharing, Chris!
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As he exhaled his last breath, he looked up at ceiling and thought, “What an awful color is ecru.”
He sped away with a wave of his hand and an engine rev.
The detective had to admit, he would never find the killer in this mass of humanity. The murderer was doing his Haj.
At the end of his life, after all his adventures, was to balance his Qi.
That was a lot of fun. I’ll bet others can come up with endings better than I. 😅
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😂🤣😂 Well done, Joelle 👍
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LOL! Lots of fun.
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