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Need to know info re words spelled ‘ane’ vs ‘ain’, like plane vs plain.
Can you please shed some light on this or direct me to a source that will explain.
OR, is it just a matter of memorizing which words are spelled which way ?
Thank you so much.
Hi Danielle, I think words spelt with ANE at the end were originally pronounced differently from the ones with AIN at the end, but over time the pronunciations merged and the words became homophones. There is a great podcast called The History Of English which explains how English pronunciations changed over time, and it includes a lot about how this affected spelling, though I can’t remember this specific rime being discussed. I know that the words “prove” and “love”, for example, rhymed in Shakespeare’s time, but now they don’t, see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiblRSqhL04. You can find all the words that end with “ANE” here: http://www.morewords.com/ends-with-by-length/ane, but I usually tell kids that the main spelling of this rime in short, common words is AIN, see http://www.morewords.com/ends-with-by-length/ain. Hope that’s helpful, all the best for 2020, Alison