@[email protected] to [email protected] • 7 months agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-square43fedilinkarrow-up1174
arrow-up1174message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"@[email protected] to [email protected] • 7 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish11•7 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).