The O in rope is a long O, and there is a silent E.
Yes. The O in rope has a long O (oh) sound and the E is silent.
No. It is a long O (and a silent E). You can hear the (oh) sound.
#include<locale> #include<iostream> #include<string> bool is_vowel(const char c) { static const std::string vowels = "AEIOU"; return( vowels.find(toupper(c))<vowels.size() ); } int main() { std::string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; for(size_t i=0; i<alphabet.size(); ++i) { std::cout<<'\''<<alphabet[i]<<"\' is "; if( !is_vowel( alphabet[i] )) std::cout<<"not "; std::cout<<"a vowel."<<std::endl; } } Output: 'a' is a vowel. 'b' is not a vowel. 'c' is not a vowel. 'd' is not a vowel. 'e' is a vowel. 'f' is not a vowel. 'g' is not a vowel. 'h' is not a vowel. 'i' is a vowel. 'j' is not a vowel. 'k' is not a vowel. 'l' is not a vowel. 'm' is not a vowel. 'n' is not a vowel. 'o' is a vowel. 'p' is not a vowel. 'q' is not a vowel. 'r' is not a vowel. 's' is not a vowel. 't' is not a vowel. 'u' is a vowel. 'v' is not a vowel. 'w' is not a vowel. 'x' is not a vowel. 'y' is not a vowel. 'z' is not a vowel. 'A' is a vowel. 'B' is not a vowel. 'C' is not a vowel. 'D' is not a vowel. 'E' is a vowel. 'F' is not a vowel. 'G' is not a vowel. 'H' is not a vowel. 'I' is a vowel. 'J' is not a vowel. 'K' is not a vowel. 'L' is not a vowel. 'M' is not a vowel. 'N' is not a vowel. 'O' is a vowel. 'P' is not a vowel. 'Q' is not a vowel. 'R' is not a vowel. 'S' is not a vowel. 'T' is not a vowel. 'U' is a vowel. 'V' is not a vowel. 'W' is not a vowel. 'X' is not a vowel. 'Y' is not a vowel. 'Z' is not a vowel.
An LED. (el-ee-dee)You would put 'an' before the word LED because the letter L is pronounced with a leading vowel sound, as "EL". It is not a vowel that determines the usage, but the vowel sound. Similarly, the silent H in "hour" means that 1 hour is "an hour".The reverse is found in words such "union", where the YOU sounds like a consonant, and you say "a union."Sounded-out acronymsWhen an acronym is sounded out as a word, rather than individual letters, then it can use the article matching the word sound, as with a NASA probe or a NORAD radar station.
The plural of rope is ropes.
Yes, the "o" in rope makes a long vowel sound, not a short one.
The word "rope" has a long vowel sound in the letter "o."
The word "rope" has a long vowel sound, pronounced as /roʊp/.
No, the word "rope" has a long vowel sound for the letter "o", as in "ro-puh".
Words that have the same vowel sound as "rope" that is white and cold include "snow," "glow," and "stone."
Yes, The OA vowel pair in soap has a long O (oh) sound, to rhyme with rope.
Yes. The O in rope has a long O (oh) sound and the E is silent.
The word "soap" has the same long O (oh) sound as rope.
Yes, The OA vowel pair in soap has a long O (oh) sound, to rhyme with rope.
No. It is a long O (and a silent E). You can hear the (oh) sound.
No. The OA vowel pair in soap has a long O sound, as in soak or rope.
The letter "o" in "rope" and "question" has the same short "o" vowel sound. This sound can also be found in the word "hot," which indeed has origins related to fire because of its association with heat.