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1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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114. _How many Trigraphs are there?_
Eight.

115. _Name them._
Awe, Aye, Eau, Eou, Eye, Ieu, Iew, and Uoi.

116. _What is a Tetragraph?_
Union of four vowels in one syllable.

117. _How many Tetragraphs are there?_
One.

118. _What is it?_
Ueue in the word Queue.

119. _May the terms Digraph, etc., be used with the Consonants?_
They may.

120. _Give example of Consonant Digraph._
Gh, in the word laugh.

121. _Give example of Consonant Trigraph._
Thr, in the word throw.

122. _Give example of Consonant Tetragraph._
Phth, in the word phthisic.

123. _What is a regular Triphthong?_
A vowel trigraph in which all three of the vowels are sounded.
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