Grove Spelling Dictionary
the long u

Where would the ew come from?

graft: letters 2, 3
Writtenkumquat

KUM-kwot

From habit. English writes the yoo sound as ew when it lands at the end of a syllable: new, few, dew, pew. Anyone who has decided the first syllable is KYOOM will reach for ew to write it. The decision is the problem, not the letters.

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