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 | | Since the other forms of these verbs did not have a yod in their suffix, the stem vowels either diphthongized or not, according to whether or not they were stressed, for example: |
 | | It was the preterite of these two verbs, and in particular, pude, that influenced the final change in all the others. |
 | | Thus, Old Spanish aver, for example, was given a new spelling, haber (note that the b, which has changed to v in some texts and u in others, was also replaced.). |
| www.virginia.edu /cla/avd/doc/spanish_history.html (2176 words) |
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