Rules to follow or break!
In word study it is commonly known that the English language has two kinds of letters: vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y or w. The consonants are the letters that are not vowels: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, z. Long vowels make the same sound just as it is when the alphabet is recited (“a” as in bake). Short vowels have a softer sound (“a” as in “tag”).
There are some common rules for pronouncing words with