| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| separate (adj., v.), separateness, separation (nn.), separately (adv.) |
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| All these pose the same spelling problem: the first unstressed syllable is unexpectedly spelled with an a, not an e. Misspelled, these are shibboleths. See also DIFFERENT. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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