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On 3/14/2016 7:56 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 03/14/2016 06:16 PM, bob_villain wrote:
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This will make you correct about 98% of the time. I before E, except after
in C or words that say ā [ei], as in neighbor and weigh.
I think there's another part to that. Something about Y or W?
BTW, How many English words do you know where W is a vowel?
W is a semivowel. Vowels are "voiced" and produced with the vocal
tract "unobstructed". Voiced consonants build pressure above the glottis by
obstructing the vocal tract.
The "y" and "w" sounds are closer to vowels in their formation -- yet tend
to form syllable boundaries (think: beYond)
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