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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: R B Habib on August 03, 2013, 03:15:13 AM

Title: Silent Letters
Post by: R B Habib on August 03, 2013, 03:15:13 AM

English Vocabulary

Title: Re: Silent Letters
Post by: fatema_diu on September 06, 2013, 09:19:01 PM

are silent letters always consonants?

Title: Re: Silent Letters
Post by: R B Habib on September 08, 2013, 12:31:59 PM

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/