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The short I is practically always spelled with an I or a Y, but there are some words with other spellings that may use the pronunciation, especially unstressed E words.
I words : big, hid, sit
Y words : hymn, cyst, rhythm
UI words: build, guilt
EE words : been
EI words : forfeit, foreign
A words : shortage, manage
Words beginning with E or having a consonant E
- emotion, elusive, expense (The E is not stressed in context.)
- became, relate, secure, molecule (first E), basket, hatred
*The AI in words such as chieftain are more properly a schwa than an i sound.
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