Used after consonants and non-“short” vowels
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absence advance announce balance clearance commence commerce convince defence denounce distance divorce enforce enhance entrance essence finance instance invoice licence nuance nuisance offence patience presence pronounce province rejoice resource romance science sentence sequence silence substance workforce |
abundance acceptance acquaintance adolescence allegiance alliance allowance ambulance annoyance appearance assistance assurance attendance audience avoidance brilliance circumstance coincidence competence compliance conference confidence conscience consequence convenience convergence correspondence dependence difference disappearance disturbance dominance elegance emergence evidence excellence existence experience ignorance imbalance importance incidence inconvenience independence inference influence inheritance innocence insistence insurance intelligence interference maintenance masterpiece negligence obedience occurrence performance preference prevalence prominence reassurance recurrence reference reinforce relevance renaissance resemblance residence resistance significance surveillance tolerance utterance variance violence |