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The G is silent (but may affect pronunciation) in these types of words:

-IGH words : high, sigh, sleigh, weigh

-IGHT words : flight, light, height, weight

-IGN words : benign, design, feign, reign, sign, campaign, foreign

-IGM and -AGM words : paradigm, diaphragm

-OUGH words: bough, though, rough, tough

-OUGHT words : bought, brought, fought, thought, wrought

-AUGHT words : caught, naughty, taught

GN- words : gnat, gnaw, gnome, gnomon

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Why does sign have silent G?

"Sign" has a silent G because there's a GN bond at the end of the word. The reason for the silent G here is to make the I sounds long. The I or O can sometimes be long when they come before 2 consonants and the GN bond is an example of making a long I sound.


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