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, is the vowel and  the glide, whilst in ,  is the vowel and  the glide.

80. Before dealing with the sounds of the digraphs and trigraphs in detail it is well to give some drill exercises in joining a slender consonant to a broad vowel, and vice versa.

Examples similar to the following should be frequently written on the blackboard by the teacher.

The glides are printed in small type, and the student is not to pronounce them. As previously explained their sole function is to indicate the broadness or slenderness of the consonants.