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What's the difference between è and é
Apr 6, 2012 4:08 PM
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the correct one is "è" which in english means "is". there are no other possibilities.
April 7, 2012
" è " accented letter (only at the end of words like "perchè" = why/because)
" é " verb to be (is)
" e' " serious grammatical error
" e " conjunction (and)
April 6, 2012
If we are talking solely about the two accents, è [ɛ] and é [e], I agree that only "è" is valid. If however, you are talking about the applications of the two accents, then "é" is also available in some words, such as perché ("why/because"), in ambiguous monosyllables such as né ("neither") versus ne ("of it") and sé ("itself") versus se ("if"). Online reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_accent (look for the Italian part)
April 12, 2012
The sign ' is an apostrophe and not an accent, but due to the large
diffusion of American or English keyboards especially among programmers,
the use of the sign ' instead of the proper accent is tolerated, and the reader
is left with the task of changing the graphics of the sign in his mind;
This 'low-level' standard is obviously not ok in books, newspapers, etc.
April 6, 2012
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