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R B Habib:
English Vocabulary

fatema_diu:
are silent letters always consonants?

R B Habib:
Dear Laboni APu

Thanks.
There are numerous examples of silent consonants in spelling such as 'know', 'psychology', 'Palm' and so on.

For more see this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv205.shtml
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/AS/810.htm
http://www.howtospell.co.uk/silentletters.php
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/soup/silent_letters.pdf
http://www.engvid.com/spelling-pronunciation-silent-letters/

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