• Topic 10: Orthography
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  • What is one main characteristic of English orthography in relation to spelling and pronunciation?
    It contains many inconsistencies between spelling and pronunciation.
  • Which elements must be capitalized in English in addition to sentence beginnings?
    Proper nouns, countries, cities, nationalities, languages, months, holidays, and days of the week.
  • When do nouns ending in -s, -ch, -sh, -x, and -z take -es in the plural?
    When forming the plural of words ending in these letters (e.g., bus → buses, church → churches).
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