Thanks for the clear explanation, Edmond.  That makes perfect sense.

Edmond Wright wrote:

> > Linda,
>
> 'Phonics' is a mode of teaching primary schoolchildren to read.  It teaches
> them who to match the normal spelling with the sounds that are required (on
> the web see the Wikipedia article on phonics).  Phonetics is the study of
> speech sounds per se for any language, and is therefore a part of
> Linguistics.
>
> Edmond Wright
>
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