@abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 5 months agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-square42fedilinkarrow-up1173file-text
arrow-up1173message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"@abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish11•5 months 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).