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Grammar
WHEN IS "w" A VOWEL
MY CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT THAT "W" IS A VOWEL. I NEVER REMEMBER THIS GROWING UP AND WAS NEVER TAUGHT IT IN COLLEGE.
PLEASE HELP,
CYNDI
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PLEASE HELP,
CYNDI
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It is probably part of a particular way of teaching reading. I wouldn't get too excited about it. Strictly speaking, we can never see vowels, so that "W" sitting there on the page is not a vowel and neither is this "A".
- It is probably part of a particular way of teaching reading.
- I wouldn't get too excited about it.
- Strictly speaking, we can never see vowels, so that "W" sitting there on the page is not a vowel and neither is this "A".
- We can only hear vowels.
- Vowels are sounds.
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It is probably part of a particular way of teaching reading. I wouldn't get too excited about it.
Strictly speaking, we can never see vowels, so that "W" sitting there on the page is not a vowel and neither is this "A". We can only hear vowels. Vowels are sounds. Loosely speaking, the vowel letters A, E, I, O, and U are often called vowels. "Y" and "W" may or may not be included amo
Strictly speaking, we can never see vowels, so that "W" sitting there on the page is not a vowel and neither is this "A". We can only hear vowels. Vowels are sounds. Loosely speaking, the vowel letters A, E, I, O, and U are often called vowels. "Y" and "W" may or may not be included amo
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Yes, there are two words in the english language that use the letter "w" as a vowel.
The first is "cwm" pronounced "coom" which is the basin at the bottom of a mountain sometimes containing a lake and the other is "crwth" which is an ancient celtic musical instrument. Hope this answers your question.
Tara
The first is "cwm" pronounced "coom" which is the basin at the bottom of a mountain sometimes containing a lake and the other is "crwth" which is an ancient celtic musical instrument. Hope this answers your question.
Tara
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Yes but these two are really Welsh; used in English as we have no equivalent word, in the way that we also have words from many other languages.
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in addition to what others have said, the distinction between vowel and consonant is not clear cut. no dividing line. /w/, the sound at the beginning of words like 'witch', 'wear' and 'walk', is both vowel- and consonant-like.
when you look at how it's produced, pronunciation, it is similar to /u:/, the vowel in 'moon', except the tongue's a bit lower and further back
when you look at how it's produced, pronunciation, it is similar to /u:/, the vowel in 'moon', except the tongue's a bit lower and further back
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Good thread. My friends and I were just arguing over whether W is a vowel or a consonant. Reply #2 disproved both sides, which is good to know that there's a middle ground.
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The letter 'w' is not a vowel in English language. Only a, e, i, o, u are vowels.
Yoong Liat
Yoong Liat
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i guss its a vowel i never new that until my kids told me
Allow me to correct your sentence. I hope you'll not be offended. I believe this is one of the ways to learn English.
I guess it's a vowel. I never knew that until my kids told me so.
Yoong Liat
Allow me to correct your sentence. I hope you'll not be offended. I believe this is one of the ways to learn English.
I guess it's a vowel. I never knew that until my kids told me so.
Yoong Liat
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I am soooo glad that someone else has noticed that some people think that "w" is a vowel. I am originally from Pennsylvania (went to school there, including college) and I moved to North Carolina 20 years ago. My coworkers in NC told me that "w" was a vowel. I laughed hysterically! I thought they were kidding or playing a joke on me until my son came home from school and said that his elementa
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Yoong Liat,
A young nurse was once helping an older gentleman take a little walk around the hospital grounds.
A bird flew over them and left its little 'calling card' on the old man's coat.
Distressed, the nurse said, "We'll have to go back in and get a tissue to take care of that."
"Oh, don't bother," said the man. "That bird'll be miles away by the time we get back
A young nurse was once helping an older gentleman take a little walk around the hospital grounds.
A bird flew over them and left its little 'calling card' on the old man's coat.
Distressed, the nurse said, "We'll have to go back in and get a tissue to take care of that."
"Oh, don't bother," said the man. "That bird'll be miles away by the time we get back
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