Another tip deals with the pronunciation ʌv for the letter sequence <ove>. Here we’ll deal with the other pronunciations of the sequence.
1. uːv
This is found only in the words move and prove, and of course in derivatives of these such as remove, disprove, proven.
2. ɒv
This is found in:
grovel hovel hover novel
3. əʊv
Quite a long list of these, but it probably isn’t complete:
clover clove cloven cove drove grove hove Jove over overt rove shrove stove strove throve wove woven
One could also add dove = the past tense of dive, which is mainly found in USA English. A few place-names also contain the sequence pronounced this way. An example is Dover.
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