Silent Consonant Letters
"Oh! Why art Thou voice of my heart"
silent consonant Letters:
There are a large number of words in english in
which certain consonant letters are silent. The
reasons for this are of complex nature.
We will start by "B"
'B '
It's silent befor 't' in words like:
debt,debtor,indebted,indebtedness -
doutbt,undoubtedly -
subtle,subtlety -
It's however, pronounced in subtility and subterfuge
It's silent after 'm' in words like:
Word Derivatives & compounds
Bomb bombing, bomber
Climb climbing, climber
Comb combing
Crumb
Dumb dumbness, dumbshow, dumbfound
Lamb
Limb
Numb numbness
Plumb plumber
Succumb
Thumb thumbscrew
Tomb
Womb
This letter is, however, pronounced when it
occurs between 'm' and 'l'.
Crumble fumble
Gamble humble
Jumble mumble
Nimble tumble
It is pronounced in the following words also:
Amber bombard
Bombardment clamber
Combat
iambic ( 'B' is usually silent in' iamb')
Lumber number
timber
This is only for 'b' silent
Tomorrow I'll give 'd' silent
" plz don't give a merit comments, if u read the topic try to give me Examples 4 each featuers
Thank u so much
موضوع: الحروف الصامته 
الجمعة أغسطس 12, 2011 3:26 pm