Excerpt from Swinton's Advanced Fourth Reader I. Vowel sounds are simple, having one unchanging sound, as a in arm; or compound (diphthongal), beginning with one sound and ending with another, as oi in oil. II. Each of the long vowels, a, i, 5, and 11, while a single alphabetic character, really represents two vowel sounds. Thus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.