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HOW TO PRONOUNCE CERTAIN CONSONANT LETTERS

Lets continue this previous post on pronunciation. Some commonly used English words in which certain consonant letters are silent are listed below:

It is silent before 'n' at the beginning of word:

gnarl	gnomic	gnome
gnat	gnash	gnu

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It is silent before 'n' at the end of a word:

align	campaign	feign	resign
assign	champagne	foreign	sign
benign	consign	malign	sovereign

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It is always silent in "Kh" and "rh"

Whaki	Khan	Khartoum	Rhetorie
Rheumatism	Rhinoceros	Rhubarb	Rhyme
Rhythm	Catarrh	Rhine	Rhodesia

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When 'g' occurs at a syllable boundary in the middle of a word, it is usually pronounced:

diagnosis	ignoble	magnify	recognize
dignity	ignorant	magnificent	signal
ignite	magnet	repugnant	stagnant

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