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When the GH are together, it's not always silent and there are some cases when they're pronounced. Firstly, when the GH bond is at the beginning of a word, the G is pronounced and the H is only silent like ghost, ghoul, ghetto, etc. Secondly, if the GH bond is at the beginning of a certain syllable, then the G is pronounced and the H is only silent like spaghetti. Thirdly, if the GH bond is at a separate syllable like doghorn, foghorn, etc. then the GH is pronounced. However, if GH ends a certain syllable or word like though, dough, daughter, borough, bough, high, sigh, weigh, sleigh, nigh, through, etc. or if there's a GHT bond together like night, might, sight, right, light, fight, slight, flight, fright, weight, height, sleight, caught, taught, bought, brought, drought, thought, straight, etc., then the GH is silent, and for the GHT bond, only the T is pronounced. There are some purposes of the silent GH bond, which can include:
1.) However, there's an impact with the previous vowel sound. If the word has an IGH bond, the silent GH can elongate the previous I, so that it can give a long I sound. That's a way to form a long I sound.
2.) The other reason could be to clarify the homophonic meaning like "straight". There's another word which sound the same, which is "strait", which means a narrow water in the sea, especially with 2 lands like an island or a peninsula, so it could sound quite confusing. For moving uniformly in one direction without curve or bend, we add a silent GH to clarify the meaning and make it into "straight", so that it'll be less confusing and clearer.
3.) The other reason to be to clarify the homophonic meaning with the long I sound, especially with the "VCe" ending, typically the ITE ending like might, right, sight, wright, etc. We can't say mite, rite, site, write, etc. because these words already have their own meaning. For expressing a mild probability that something could happen, which is used as a modal auxiliary verb; the opposite direction position of left, which is used as a positive number in the X-axis, being correct, having a personal allowance to do something, especially due to the social policy, angle which is equal to 90 degrees, especially like a quarter turn of a circle; the view of seeing something; a maker or builder or the family names of the airplane inventor in the earlier 19th century, we change into an IGH bond with a silent GH to clarify the meaning and make it into might, right, sight, wright, so that it'll be less confusing and clearer.
4.) Sometimes, the GH can behave like a consonant digraph, which sound like an F like cough, tough, laugh, enough, rough, trough, etc. If the word requires to end in a G but it also requires to make an F sound, we just add an H after the G.
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The letter t is silent.
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gh
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What letter is silent in the word nightingale?
the I is slient The "gh" is silent. It only serves to indicate how the preceding 'i' should be pronounced.
What is the silent consonant of laugh?
There is no silent consonant. In fact, the combination 'gh' in this case has a sound similar to the letter 'f'. However, the same combination can have different sounds in different words, like ghetto, or night and though - where it is not pronounced at all.
What is the silent letter in the word laugh?
laugh The letter 'u' is silent although the 'augh' is what makes the sound 'arf'
What is the silent consonant in the word though?
The silent consonant in the word "though" is the "gh." It is not pronounced, but is present in the spelling of the word.
Is might a short vowel word?
No. The I is pronounced as a long I sound. The GH is silent.
How do you pronounce the name Tygh?
"Tygh" is pronounced like "tie." It has a silent "gh" at the end.
Can you find words where gh has different sounds not f?
Although "gh" has the sound of "f" in some words with "ough" (and "laugh"), the words though, high, and night have a silent gh, the words ghost and aghast have a silent h, and the word bigheartedseparates the pair into two syllables.
