They constitute the exceptions.
*While making no especial difference in the vocalization of these
syllables, careful speakers dwell on them a trifle longer than they do
on _er_.
Common words ending in _ar_ with the sound of _er_:
liar
collar
beggar
burglar
solar
cedar
jugular
scholar=
calendar
secular
dollar
grammar
tabular
poplar
pillar
sugar=
jocular
globular
mortar
lunar
vulgar
popular
insular
Templar=
ocular
muscular
nectar
similar
tubular
altar (for worship)
singular
In some words we have the same syllable with the same sound in the next
to the last syllable, as in _solitary, preliminary, ordinary,
temporary_. etc. The syllable _ard_ with the sound of _erd_ is also
found, as in _standard, wizard, mustard, mallard,_ etc.
Common words ending in _or_ with the sound of _er_:
honor
valor
mayor
sculptor
prior
ardor
clamor
labor
tutor
warrior
razor
flavor
auditor
juror
favor
tumor
editor
vigor
actor
author
conductor
savior
visitor
elevator
parlor
ancestor
captor
creditor
victor=
error
proprietor
arbor
chancellor
debtor
doctor
instructor
successor
rigor
senator
suitor
traitor
donor
inventor
odor
conqueror
senior
tenor
tremor
bachelor
junior
oppressor
possessor
liquor
surveyor
vapor
governor
languor
professor=
spectator
competitor
candor
harbor
meteor
orator
rumor
splendor
elector
executor
factor
generator
impostor
innovator
investor
legislator
narrator
navigator
numerator
operator
originator
perpetrator
personator
predecessor
protector
prosecutor
projector
reflector
regulator=
sailor
senator
separator
solicitor
supervisor
survivor
tormentor
testator
transgressor
translator
divisor
director
dictator
denominator
creator
counsellor
councillor
administrator
aggressor
agitator
arbitrator
assessor
benefactor
collector
compositor
conspirator
constructor
contributor
tailor
The _o_ and _a_ in such words as the above are retained in the English
spelling because they were found in the Latin roots from which the words
were derived.
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