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The word said is always a short E sound. In some pronunciations, certain and captain do, but they can also have a short I sound for the AI. Other AI words with the short E sound are again and against.
No. "An" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, but not all words that begin with vowels begin with vowel sounds. "Urinalysis" begins with a "y" sound, so you would use "a" rather than "an" before it as you would for any word that begins with a "y" sound: a urinalysis, a yawn. Examples of words that begin with "u" and also begin with a vowel sound are "udder", "ugly", and "unhappy".
The sound in "been" is a short i sound (bin). This is practically a unique sound for the EE pair, although in French words they can have a long A sound (puree, soiree, toupee).
Yes. The E has a short E sound as in rebel.Yes, the word 'web' does have the short e sound. Some other words with the same sound are set, sect, and heck.
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Some words that begin with the short 'i' sound are: information intuition inability invariably
umbrella ugly up unpleasant
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Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
The word 'attack' begins with a short 'a' sound, as in 'assault', 'action' and so on. The short 'a' is written phonetically as 'ə'.Words which begin with a longer 'a' sound include, longest first: 'ache' (ā), 'army' (är), 'agony' (æ), and 'ambulance' (æ).
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Many words that begin with an A followed by a consonant will have the short A sound. Some examples are: abstract, act, add, after, alchemy, amnesty, and, apt, as, at, avid, azimuth --- Some words will have a long A : able, amen, anal Some words will have an unstressed schwa sound instead: about, allow, apply Some words with have an AW sound: all, awl
Words like is, it, in, if, and ink start with a short "i" vowel sound.
Yes, the word "bike" has the short "i" sound. The short "i" sound is commonly heard in words like "sit," "lid," and "dig."
There are compound words such as paymaster that have both a long A and a short A. Also some words with a short A plus a long A formed by a silent E, such as activate and accelerate. Other words that have both a long and short A: ashtray (short/long) playback (long/short)
The word stale has a long A (ay) sound and a silent E, as in the words scale and swale. Other words that begin with the same sound are stable, stay and stain.