Pronouncing the ow letter combination: How and When to Use in English

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Pronouncing the ow letter combination

The ow letter combination can be pronounced in two different ways:

now

show

Most often, ow is pronounced as in how . This is common at the end of a word or when ow is followed by the letters l or n, like so:

tower

clown

Sometimes, ow is pronounced as in know . This happens mostly at the end of a word, like so:

yellow

window

Do not confuse ow and aw.

low

law

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