External influence of final 'e' on an earlier vowel sound
| rat | rate | can | cane | |
| dam | dame | mad | made | |
| pal | pale | car | care | |
| bar | bare | ** | mar | mare |
| make | share | |||
| met | mete | her | here | |
| scene | sphere | |||
| fin | fine | sit | site | |
| rip | ripe | bid | bide | |
| fir | fire | ** | sir | sire |
| line | wire | |||
| dot | dote | hop | hope | |
| nod | node | rot | rote | |
| home | more | |||
| cut | cute | hug | huge | |
| tub | tube | cur | cure | |
| mule | tune |
Pattern:
consonant(s) or blank --- single vowel --- consonant(s) --- e