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Pairs of English consonants provide 5 another minimal pairs of the same type for each pair that illustrate their occurrence initial medial and final position?
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A minimal pair is a set of two words that have the same sounds in the same order, except that one sound differs.
i. Pairs of English consonants.
Consonant PairsEnglish Consonants'Position initial medial finalExample :
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0. sue/zoo
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0. buses/buzzes
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0. peace/peas
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