can we study vowels according to rules?

[noor]

hello

can someone tell me whether we can study vowels according to certain rules or not? and if yeah what r these rules?

[rancher247]

sorry, but what do you mean when you say "study vowels according to certain rules or not"?

[noor]

Sir I mean "are there rules 4 studying vowels in English?" 4 xample can we say that whenever we have (a+consonant+e) we have the vowel /ei/ ... with some ecepition of course or not??

[rancher247]

ok, i think i understand what you mean.
i found the following website which may help you:
Phonics Rules
hope this works

[Tdol]

There are almost always exceptions with English pronuncation I'm afraid. With the example you gave, I can think of some:
ate- some say 'eight' and others 'et'
Forbade- pronounced 'forbad' by many
delicate (and many others)- the 'a' is pronounced as a schwa
Try to think of them as guidelines rather than rules. English spelling and pronunciation are inconsistent because English is a mixture of languages and has different spelling systems at work.

[noor]

thanx alot 4 ur passing through

[JPS]

Hello Noor! I went through the 'Phonics Rules' from this website and I find it very useful.I'm also learning the rules to pronounce certain English words. I would recommend you to use 'Phonics Rules' and you will greatly benefit from it. Wish you the best!

JPS

[noor]

hi .....thanx 4 ur passing through