Such words as _roll, toll,_
etc., ending in double _l_ have no silent _e_ though the vowel is long;
and such words as _great, meet, pail,_ etc., in which two vowels
combine with the sound of one, take no silent _e_ at the end.
We shall consider these exceptions more fully later; but a _single long_
vowel followed by a _single_ consonant _always_ takes silent _e_ at the
end. As carefully stated in this way, the rule has no exceptions.
The reverse, however, is not always true, for a few words containing
a short vowel followed by a single consonant do take silent _e_;
but there are very few of them. The principal are _have, give,
{_(I)_ }live, love, shove, dove, above;_ also _none, some, come,_
and some words in three or more syllables, such as _domicile_.
2. Beside the long and short sounds of the vowels there
are several other vowel sounds.
A has two other distinct sounds:
? broad, like _aw,_ as in _all, talk,_ etc.
ae Italian, like _ah,_ as in _far, father,_ etc.
Double o has two sounds different from long or short _o_ alone:
long ?o: as in _room, soon, mood,_ etc.
short ?o`, as in _good, took, wood,_ etc.
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