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Language Conventions

NAPLAN Spelling Rule 13: English Ends
English words never end in i, u, v or j or a saying its name. By extension, English words never end in the double vowels ai, ui, au or oi.
Exceptions: ski, you, emu, menu.

In addition to this rule, while English words may end in a (but not a saying its name), they never end in the double vowel oa.

At the end of English words we use:
* y instead of i: fly, happy.
* a silent final e following the letters u and v: blue, true, have, love.
* three letter j (dge) or ge: bridge, fudge, badge, cage, garage
* double and other multi-letter phonograms making a long a sound: ay, ey, eigh.
   The double vowel ea also makes a long a sound but rarely at the end of a word. It makes a long a sound in yea,   
   but that is an old English word not commonly used today.
* the double vowel ew instead of ui: few, new.
* the double vowel aw instead of au: saw, draw.
* the double vowel oy instead of oi: boy, enjoy.
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