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 * Syncope sometimes results in the replacement of with . For instance,  is sometimes found for.
 * Conversely, learned influence may sometimes result in with, especially when the word goes back to a Latin original with . This is exemplified by the replacement of  with  in later Middle English (compare ).
 * As in modern English, tends to attract stress to the antepenultimate syllable, while  leaves stress where it was on the root.