The "gh" in "laugh" comes from Middle English influence, where the "gh" was used to represent the "f" sound. Over time, English spelling has evolved to reflect the historical roots of words, even if the pronunciation changes.
The predicate in the sentence "The other workers laugh" is "laugh." It describes the action being performed by the subject (other workers).
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A person who makes people laugh is called a comedian.
A repressed laugh is when a person tries to stop themselves from laughing out loud, often because it is not an appropriate time or place to do so. It usually involves suppressing the urge to laugh by holding it in or stifling it.
A person who can't laugh is called an anhedonic. Anhedonia is the inability to experience pleasure, which can manifest in different ways, including an inability to laugh. It can be a symptom of various mental health conditions.
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Laugh, cough, rough, tough
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Some words ending with the letters "gh" pronounced as "f" are: rough, tough, enough, cough, laugh.
One example of a word ending with "gh" that has a consonant sound of "f" is "laugh." In this word, the "gh" is pronounced as an "f" sound. Another example is "cough," where the "gh" also makes the "f" sound. These words showcase the irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation.
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.
* rough * enough * cough * through * tough * bough * dough * high * laugh * thorough
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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.
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