The vowel sound in boy is spelled either u or oi.
The vowel sound in boy sounds like Droid - also toy, soy, alloy. It is called the o-i dipththong.
Some words that have the same vowel sound as "boy" include joy, toy, coy, and deploy.
It has neither. The OY has the oi/oy diphthong sound, as in boil and toy.
No. The vowel sound is the OI/OY pair, as in boy, join, point, and oyster. It is neither long or short.
No. The OY pair has the oi/oy vowel sound, which is a combination of long and short sounds.
The vowel sound in boy sounds like Droid - also toy, soy, alloy. It is called the o-i dipththong.
Some words that have the same vowel sound as "boy" include joy, toy, coy, and deploy.
It has neither. The OY has the oi/oy diphthong sound, as in boil and toy.
No. The vowel sound is the OI/OY pair, as in boy, join, point, and oyster. It is neither long or short.
No. The OY pair has the oi/oy vowel sound, which is a combination of long and short sounds.
The OI pair in the word joint is an OY sound that is heard in words such as boy, spoil, and void.
In the word "coin," the vowel sound is considered a diphthong, which means it is a combination of two vowel sounds. The "oi" in "coin" creates a long vowel sound, similar to the sound in the word "boy." This diphthong is a combination of the /ɔɪ/ sounds, where the /ɔ/ is the long vowel sound.
The correct usage is "a boy." The article "a" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, while "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. Since "boy" begins with a consonant sound (the "b" sound), "a" is the appropriate article to use.
Yes. Whenever Y makes a vowel sound (I, E) or a diphthong (boy, soybean), it is acting as a vowel. When it appears before a vowel and makes the "yuh" sound, it is a consonant.Some definitions consider the "silent Y" to also be a consonant (day, obey), because in words such as player, the "yuh" sound is heard.
Yes. It is considered a vowel here because, rather than merely influencing the vowel sound (day, obey), it creates the diphthong sound "oi." The vowels are a, e, i o and u and sometimes y and w.
The vowel pair OY has a special sound OI rather than separate ones.If you slow down the OI sound, you can hear three vowels, O, I, E.
No. The OY pair has an OI sound as in boy, which sounds like O-I-E. This sound is considered neither long or short although it contains these long sounds.The -ous has a schwa or unstressed uhs sound.