Bossy r: or

Read or as in corn and fork.

Bossy r also changes o. Together, or says /or/, like the word 'or' in 'this or that'. You hear it in 'corn', 'fork', 'horse', 'storm', and 'short'. Like ar, it's one chunk. Compare 'hot' and 'horn', or 'cod' and 'cord'. The r changes the o.

Sometimes the /or/ sound is spelled ore, as in 'more', 'store', and 'shore'. The e at the end is silent. Read: 'In the storm, the horse ran to the barn for more corn. '

• 1or says /or/.
• 2Read or as one chunk.
• 3ore can also say /or/, as in more.