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The German character ß includes the only surviving form of the long s in modern typographical usage. Since its sound is ss, it might be thought to be a ligature made up of ſ and s, to be used at the end of a word or a syllable. But the matter is not nearly so simple. What ever it may look like, it is essentially ſ and z, and the rules for its use have more to do with the sound of associated vowels than with its position.