The U in use has a long U (yoo) vowel sound, as in unit and fuse.
Some U words containing use have just an OO sound (ruse, obtuse).
Use has a "long" U.
No. Use has a long vowel sound.
It depends on how you use it. The wind is blowing would be a short vowel sound. It has a long vowel sound if you're winding up a clock or wind up toy.
Originally short a, but in 1700s it became fashionable to use the long a sound in the south of England. so I’d say short, but I’m a Northerner. The jury is out I think 🤷♀️
The U in use has a long U (yoo) vowel sound, as in unit and fuse.Some U words containing use have just an OO sound (ruse, obtuse).
It is a long O sound, as in the rhyming words ghost and post. Other words use OA for the long O sound: boast, roast, and toast.
Use has a long U (yoo) sound in both of its pronunciations. The verb is use (yooz) as in the word fuse. The noun is use (yoos) as in the word loose.
If we consider AY and OY as vowel pairs, many words have Y as a vowel. Unless it is making a consonant Y sound as in yet or yellow, it is a vowel. It can have a long I, short I, or long E sound.Words where Y is the only vowel include by, try, why, myth, hymn, and rhythm.
The vowel sound in "ego" is the "ee" sound, which is a close front unrounded vowel.
The word "try" contains a long vowel sound. In this case, the letter "y" is functioning as a vowel, representing the long vowel sound /ī/. The presence of the consonant "r" before the vowel does not affect the vowel sound in this particular word.
Yes, typically the combination "ck" is used at the end of a word when the preceding vowel is short. This spelling pattern helps to indicate the preceding vowel sound as short, rather than long. Examples include "back," "kick," and "luck."
I use this rule for deciding between long and short vowels. If I can hear the name of the letter when I say the word out loud, like the a in cake or the o in ocean, then it is a long vowel. A lot of the time, the word has an e at the end of it, like in the words ice, cake, smoke, state. If the vowel in the word sounds like the description of the sound the letter makes, like ahhhh in cat or ehhh in net, then it is a short vowel sound. A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y are vowels and if you can hear the letter, then it's a long vowel. If not, then its short.