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«n» is silent in the combination «mn» at the end of a word: autumn, column, damn, condemn, hymn, solemn
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«p» is silent in «ps» and «pn» at the beginning of a word, and in the word cupboard: psychologist, psychiatrist, psychosis, psychic, psychopath, psalm, pseudonym / pneumatic, pneumonia
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in British English «r» is not pronounced if it comes at the end of a word (as in car) or before a consonant (as in part). In American English «r» is pronounced in all positions. hardworking, sincere, organise, careless, popular, superior but not in words like direct
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«s» is silent in these words: aisle, corps, island
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«t» is silent in words ending is «stle» and «sten»: castle, whistle, wrestle, thistle / listen, fasten, christen, hasten, chasten, glisten, moisten
«t» is also silent in these words: Christmas, mortgage, soften In some words ending in «-et» the final «t» is silent: in words borrowed from French ballet, bouquet, debut, rapport
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«w» is silent in the combination «who» at the beginning of a word: who, whole, whose, whom, whore, wholly but not in «whoosh», «whopper», and «whoop» (the first «h» is silent in these words)
«w» is also silent in «wr» at the beginning of a word: wrong, wrist, wrap, wrinkle, wreck, wretched, wrath, writhe, wraith, writ, write, wrench and in: answer, sword, two
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