Wright's Orthography: A Hand-Book of Analytical Orthography Designed to Teach the Philosophy of Orthography and Orthoepy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Wright's Orthography: A Hand-Book of Analytical Orthography Designed to Teach the Philosophy of Orthography and Orthoepy

A letter which represents a sound most frequently gives name to the sound.

A long - The. Vowel sound as heard in mate, age, weight, they, is the first, long sound of a we therefore name the sound a long. But it will be perceived that this sound is not always expressed by a for the vowel sound in weight is exactly the same as in mate and in this instance the vowel sound is expressed by ei instead of a but as the letters ei represent this sound only in a few words, they together may be considered a substitute for a long - so also ey.

A short - The vowel sound as heard in man, hat, is a short sound, and is always represented by u we there fore denominate the sound a short.

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