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No. It has the OW sound, which is not considered a long vowel and is indicated by /ou/. This is the sound in fowl (ow) and foul (ou).
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when adding a prefix, the spelling of the root word doesn't change
No, the O in out (of outside) is part of the diphthong OU which is an OW sound and not the same as the short O. Words like "dot" and "got" have a short O sound. The OU/OW sound in "outside" is the same as the vowel sound in "sound", "doubt", "down", "foul", and "how".
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The correct spelling is "Ow ow I know."
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No. It has the OW sound, which is not considered a long vowel and is indicated by /ou/. This is the sound in fowl (ow) and foul (ou).
"OU" makes the "ow" sound, and the "e" at the end is silent.
The OU pair in house is the diphthong OU/OW as in how and mouse.
Scout is the word for check out that starts with "s" and also has "ou" in it. When it's pronounced, it creates the same sound as "ow". Scouting is looking or searching for a particular object.
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Digraphs are pairs of letters that represent a single sound, such as "ou" in 'sound' or "ow" in 'cow'.
shout, howl
There are two OW pairs in downtown, that have the ou/ow sound as in cow and brown. The OW is created by OW and OU and sometimes by AU. Some examples are: OW words - now, plow, sow, clown, owl, drowsy OU words - out, cloud, count, doubt, house, route, sound, south AU words - kraut, gauss