When we talk about vowel combinations sounds, it is better to understand some differences in pronunciation:
Digraphs: o "di" means "two", and "graph" means "written", two vowels are written together and they make a sliding sound.
Vowel pairs: two vowel are written together, but only one vowel is pronounced (usually long) and the combined vowel is silent.
For example:
Weight [weyt] the combined vowels make a sliding sound (digraph)
Pain [peyn] the letter "a" is pronounced and the letter "i" is silent. (vowel pair)
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The word "your" contains a vowel pair (ou) rather than a vowel digraph. Vowel pairs are two adjacent vowels that each make their own distinct sound, while digraphs are two letters that make a single sound.
A digraph is a combination of two letters that make a single sound, like "th" in "this." A vowel pair is two vowels that appear together in a word, where each vowel retains its individual sound, like "ea" in "eat."
"So" is a vowel pair, as it contains both a vowel and a consonant. "oa" together make the long "o" sound.
they are the same. Lone pair is unshared pair of electrons and bond pair is shared pair of electron.
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No. The OA pair has a long O vowel sound as in coat.
The EE pair has a long E vowel sound. The final E has a schwa sound.
The EI vowel pair has a long A sound in seine (sounds like sane).
Yes. The AI pair has a long A vowel sound.
No difference in terms of number of wires used.
The EA pair has a long E vowel sound (meen).
The EA pair has a long E vowel sound, as in reach and leak.