vowel

• Certain vowels are so open as to be only vowels, certain consonants are so close as to be only consonants; but there are yet others which have the value now of vowels and now of consonants; as, i_, u_, w_, and y Y as a vowel is a substitute for i_, and i is a consonant as a substitute for y_. —  Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
• Knowing that “_silent final e is dropped when a suffix beginning with a vowel is added_”, we naturally infer its counterpart, viz. —  Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
• (A), on the last syllable that contains a long vowel or a vowel followed by two consonants, except that a final long vowel is not ordinarily accented; if there is no long vowel nor two consecutive consonants, the accent falls on the first syllable. —  The Hindu-Arabic Numerals
• This leaves five vowel-elements E. This vowel is often badly sung, and its form is none too favorable to good tone even when made as large as distinctness will allow. —  The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs
• Continuing, Prof. Scripture says Physiologically stated, the action for a vowel is as follows: Each glottal lip consists mainly of a mass of muscles supported at the ends and along the lateral side. —  The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern

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