that may be properly called its own.
30. _How many sounds has D?_
One; as heard in the word did.
31. _How many sounds has F?_
One; as heard in the word flew.
32. _How many sounds has G?_
Two; as heard in the words go and age.
33. _How many sounds has H?_
One; as heard in the word high.
34. _How many sounds has J?_
None of its own, but represents one; the sound of G.
35. _How many sounds has K?_
One; as heard in the word key.
36. _How many sounds has L?_
One; as heard in the word lily.
37. _How many sounds has M?_
One; as heard in the word money.
38. _How many sounds has N?_
One; as heard in the word nat.
39. _How many sounds has P?_
One; as heard in the word pie.
40. _How many sounds has R?_
One; as heard in the word roar. (REM.--Some authors give r three
sounds.)
41. _How many sounds has S?_
One; as heard in the word same.
42. _How many sounds has T?_
One; as heard in the word tight.
43. _How many sounds has V?_
One; as heard in the word view.
44. _How many sounds has W?_
One; as heard in the word we.
45. _How many sounds has X?_
None of its own, as it is a redundant letter.
46. _How many sounds has Z?_
One; as heard in the word ooze.
47. _How many sounds has Th?_
Two; as heard in the words thigh and the.
48. _How many sounds has Ch?_
One; as heard in the word church.
49. _How many sounds has Sh?_
One; as heard in the word ash.
50. _How many sounds has Zh?_
One obscurely; represented by _si_ in such words as fusion, _zi_
in glazier.
51. _How many sounds has Wh?_
One; as heard in the word what.
52. _How many sounds has Ng?_
One; as heard in the word sing.
53. _What are regular sounds?_
The long sounds of the letters.
SUBSTITUTES.
1. _What is a Substitute?_
A letter representing a sound usually represented by another.
2. _What are Equivalent letters?_
Letters representing the same sound.
3. _What properties do Substitutes assume?_
The properties of the letter whose sound it represents.
4. _How many Substitutes has a long?_
Four.
5. _What are they?_
_E_ in tete; _ei_ in feint; _ey_ in they; and _ao_ in gaol.
6. _How many Substitutes has a middle?_
Two.
7. _What are they?_
_E_ in there; and _ei_ in heir.
8. _How many Substitutes has a broad?_
Two.
9. _What are they?_
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