1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 91 pages of information about 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading.

1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 91 pages of information about 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading.

  4. How many Substitutes has a long?
  Four.

  5. What are they?
  E in tete; ei in feint; ey in they; and ao in gaol.

  6. How many Substitutes has a middle?
  Two.

  7. What are they?
  E in there; and ei in heir.

  8. How many Substitutes has a broad?
  Two.

  9. What are they?
  O in cord; and ou in sought.

  10. How many Substitutes has e long?
  Three.

  11. What are they?
  I in marine; ie in fiend; and ay in quay.

  12. How many Substitutes has e short?
  Two.

  13. What are they?
  A in says; and u in bury.

  14. How many Substitutes has i long?
  Two.

  15. What are they?
  Y in chyme; and oi in choir.

  16. How many Substitutes has i short?
  Six.

  17. What are they?
  Y in hymn; e in England; u in busy; o in women; ee in
          been; and ai in captain.

  18. How many Substitutes has o long?
  Two.

  19. What are they?
  Eau in beau; and ew in sew.

  20. How many Substitutes has o short?
  One.

  21. What is it?
  A in what.

  22. How many Substitutes has u long?
  One.

  23. What is it?
  Ew in new.

  24. How many Substitutes has u short?
  Three.

  25. What are they?
  E in her; i in sir; and o in son.

  26. How many Substitutes has u medial?
  One.

  27. What is it?
  O in wolf.

  28. How many Substitutes has F?
  Two.

  29. What are they?
  Gh in laugh; and ph in philosophy.

  30. How many Substitutes has J?
  Three.

  31. What are they?
  G in rage; di in soldier; and d in verdure.

  32. How many Substitutes has S?
  Two.

  33. What are they?
  C soft, as in central; and z in quartz.

  34. How many Substitutes has T?
  One.

  35. What is it?
  Ed final, after any aspirate except t.

  36. How many Substitutes has V?
  One.

  37. What is it?
  F in of.

  38. How many Substitutes has W?
  One.

  39. What is it?
  U in quick.

  40. How many Substitutes has X?
  One.

  41. What is it?
  Ks in exist.

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