1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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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?_ _O_ in cord; and _ou_ in sought. |
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