@[email protected] to [email protected] • 21 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-square44fedilinkarrow-up1172file-text
arrow-up1172message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"@[email protected] to [email protected] • 21 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish11•21 days agoThey’re not silent letters, they’re modifiers. They modify the sound of surrounding letters. An example of a silent letter would be the P in psychology (in the English language only).
They’re not silent letters, they’re modifiers. They modify the sound of surrounding letters. An example of a silent letter would be the P in psychology (in the English language only).