#syllable

Vowels were something else. He didn't like them and they didn't like him. There were only five of them, but they seemed to be everywhere. Why, you could go through twenty words without bumping into some of the shyer consonants, but it seemed as if you couldn't tiptoe past a syllable without waking up a vowel. Consonants, you know pretty much where you stood, but you could never trust a vowel. ↗

— Jerry Spinelli

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#grammar #maniac #syllable #vowels #grammar

With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable. ↗

— Michael Shanks

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#network #protective #shows #syllable #writers

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year. ↗

— William Safire

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#fighting #known #light #political #previously