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'Quiver' is also a verb that means "to shake or move with a slight trembling motion."
They are unrelated.
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-cough
-though
-rough
-bough
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Or in compound words as in 'albeit'
Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in 'cuneiform'
Or in other numerous and random exceptions such as 'science', 'forfeit', and 'weird'.
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Or when sounded as 'a' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'
Unless the 'c' is part of a 'sh' sound as in 'glacier'
Or it appears in comparatives and superlatives like 'fancier'
And also except when the vowels are sounded as 'e' as in 'seize'
Or 'i' as in 'height'...
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For a more accurate “rule” for i/e words, we humbly submit the following:
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…unless your neighbor weighs his eight-year-old in a sleigh.
This "rule" is best thought of as an easy way to remember the spelling pattern of words that came to English from French.
receive
perceive
conceive
deceive
deceit
conceit
receipt
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‘firefighters’ not ‘fighterfires’
‘haircut’ not ‘cuthair’
‘sunrise’ not ‘risesun’
Cutthroat compounds are relatively rare, with fewer than 900 having this Verb + Direct Object Noun construction.
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Verb + Direct Object Noun
A ‘cutthroat’ cuts throats.
A ‘pickpocket’ picks pockets.
A ‘scarecrow’ scares crows.
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A ‘cutthroat’ is not a type of throat OR a type of cut.
So what gives?
Editor and historical linguist Brianne Hughes calls these types of words ‘cutthroat compounds.’
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A ‘houseboat’ is a type of boat.
This is a common pattern in English.
The first noun MODIFIES the second word.
The second noun is what it IS.
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Since ‘shark’ was already associated with a crafty person who takes advantage of others, the ‘sharp’ transitioned to ‘shark.’
card sharp - 1840
card shark - 1877
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In the early 1900s, ‘lowdown’ emerged as a word for confidential or privy facts.
This sense was probably influenced by the expression ‘to get to the bottom of (something).’
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It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
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