Signs of Greek
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< ph >
dime
The <e> marks the <i> as a long vowel.
red
< r >
knee
<kn> as /n/
type
< y > as a vowel
The <e> marks the <c> as a 'soft' sound, or /s/.
very
<r>
wrong
<wr> as /r/
monarch
< ch >
tense
The <e> marks the <s> as part of the base, not an <-s> suffix.
write
<wr>
high
<igh>
rhino
< rh >
blue
The <e> is there because no complete English word ends with <u>.
rhyme
<rh>
laugh
<ugh> as /f/
pterodactyl
The silent initial <p> is a sign of Greek!
The <e> marks the voiced sound of the <th>.
berry
<rr>
daughter
<ugh> which is silent