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• • E is used in writing as part of several combinations of letters to represent different letters

E is bedevilled by the fact that is usually used in certain spelling patterns to represent different diphthongs. Consider, for example, the two related words they and their. The '-e-' in the subjective pronoun 'they' represents the rising diphthong IPA: /eɪ/; the '-e-' in the possessive pronoun 'their' represents the falling diphthong IPA: /eə/.