From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphonicphon‧ic /ˈfɒnɪk, ˈfəʊ- $ ˈfɑː, ˈfoʊ-/ adjective technical 1 TCBHPrelating to sound2 SLrelating to speech sounds
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phonic• Classify as a phonic alternative, but this is tentative.• Since it is a reasonable phonic alternative, this suggests that the error is one of visualisation.• I imagine a phonic conspiracy between the world's languages.• If not, it's a bad phonic error.• I label these additional graphemes phonic indicators.• This is also true in connection with spelling, and so phonic knowledge remains an essential element in the language learning programme. 