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The word "kerchief" contains a digraph. The "ch" in "kerchief" represents a single sound, making it a digraph. There are no blends in the word, as blends consist of two or more consonants that each retain their individual sounds.
A digraph blend is when two consonants are paired together to create a sound that blends them together. A couple of English examples are "ch" and "th."
The word digraph is a noun. The plural form is digraphs.
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"Boat" is a word with a vowel digraph, with the "oa" representing a single vowel sound.
A digraph is short for directed graph.
In linguistics, a blend combines parts of two words, while a digraph consists of two letters that represent a single sound. The word "world" contains a digraph, as the "rl" represents a specific sound combination in the pronunciation. However, it does not contain an ending blend, as blends typically involve consonant clusters at the beginning or middle of words rather than at the end. So, "world" primarily features a digraph rather than an ending blend.
To underline a word in a sentence, you can use the formatting option in a word processor like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Simply select the word you want to underline and click on the underline button in the formatting toolbar. This will apply the underline style to the selected word.
One example of a word containing the same digraph sound as "Philadelphia" is "elephant." The "ph" digraph in both words produces the same "f" sound.
A split digraph is when a vowel digraph is split by a consonant, such as the 'e' at the end of a word making the vowel say its name as in "time" or "hope." It occurs when an 'e' at the end of a word changes the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound.
The word "wholly" contains a beginning digraph "wh" which creates a /hw/ sound, rather than a blend.
The word "kerchief" contains a digraph. Digraphs are pairs of letters that represent a single sound, in this case, the "ch" sound.