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not any contraction applicable to ad^e. We revert therefore to UA on abe^^ this gives 
¥de^. The only applicable contraction is PA, giving ^<?V. The contractions applicable 
to this are UP, UA. And UP gives hcd^e. The only contraction applicable to this is 
UA, giving bd\ and there is not any contraction applicable to bd*. We revert therefore 
to UA on bd^e, this gives dde., and the only contraction applicable to this is UA, giving 
dd^. There is not any contraction applicable to this, and the process is therefore com- 
plete. It may be remarked that the example presents no instance of the contraction 
PP' ; in fact the only terms having a pro-antepenultimate are acde^, in which A, P' are 
not contiguous letters, and bcd^e, in which the penultimate is not a simple letter, so that 
the contraction PP' is in each case excluded. It must be confessed that a considerable 
amount of practice would be required before the process could be readily made use of. 
