1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading

1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading

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1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway

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4. How many Elementary sounds do the vowels represent? Fifteen.

15. How many do the Consonants represent? Eighteen.

16. How many do the Combinations represent? Seven.

17. How many do the Diphthongs represent? Only one, as oi and oy only repeat sounds already represented by a and i.

18. How many sounds has A? Five.

19. What are they? Long, Short, Medial, Flat, and Broad.

20. How many sounds has E? Two.

21. What are they? Long and Short.

22. How many sounds has I? Two.

23. What are they? Long and Short.

24. How many sounds has O? Three.

25. What are they? Long, Short, and Slender.

26. How many sounds has U? Three.

27. What are they? Long, Short, and Medial.

28. How many sounds has B? One; as heard in the word babe.

29. How many sounds has C? None that may