A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y is not a bad rule of thumb. Most of the time a spoken vowel will be represented by one of those written forms. And Y swings between vowel and consonant more than ...

An English article on what vowels and consonants are and to practise spotting vowels in words. ... Spelling patterns and the -y rule. count. 4 of 11. How to spell the 'shun' sound. count. 5 of 11.

But how can you understand words without vowels? Your brain does not read words letter by letter, experts told Live Science. Instead, it looks for patterns, considers context then makes predictions.

Writes St. Pauli Girl of Red Wing: “My preschooler asked me if there were any words without a vowel. I did not know, so I suggested we look it up on the Internet. “My Google search was ‘are ...

Vowel-less words, like srsly, thx, k, pls, rlly, srs bsns, and o rly, are a well-known feature of internet language. They save time and space in typing, but are they really more efficient?

One Word To Rule Them All, And In The Puzzle Bind Them. April 13, 2014 7:33 AM ET. ... respectively — that contains each of the six vowels (A, E, I, O, U and Y) exactly once. ...