In dialects that permitted syncopation, it generally involved the deletion of , and occasionally , usually at the end of a word, after a long vowel, or metrical factors such as the Algonquian stress rules which deleted these vowels in weakly stressed positions. In Massachusett, there are some syncopated forms such as , 'cormorant,' and , 'his/her blood,' but these are rare instances compared to the more common () and () , respectively, that also appear in Eliot's translations. Although a clear dialectal feature, unfortunately, the majority of documents are of unknown authorship and geographic origin.