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		stavros 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why English doesn't use accents Italian script doesn't use diacritics, though, so it's not the same kind of accent as the article talks about.

Luker88 8 months ago [–]

Italian script most definitely requires diacritics.

"è" (is) vs "e" (and)

"pero" (pear tree) vs "però" (but)

"perché" is the only correct one and "perche" and "perchè" do not exist

and so many other examples.

stavros 8 months ago | [–]

Oh huh, I've forgotten more Italian than I thought, thanks for the correction!

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