Back in 3rd or 4th grade, our teachers & grammar books used to tell us that the vowels were a, e, i, o, and u, "and sometimes w and y." I never understood that. It looks to me like w and y should always be regarded as vowels, since (as far as I know) they are always pronounced as "oo" or "ih" or some other open-throated sound, like all vowels ... Can somebody explain this to me? If w and y are vowels only "sometimes," then when would they be vowels and when not?
2007-02-28
04:04:16
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