there are many words in the English
language that contain silent letters Shh
and this can be confusing and
frustrating for English learners hello
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hear those commonly mispronounced words
containing silent letters keep count on
how many of these words you have
mispronounced containing a silent B we
have comb comb climb climb
debt debt plumber plumber - to subtle
subtle dum dum Bom Bom doubt doubt num
num thumb thumb woom woom containing a
silent sea muscle muscle scissors
scissors containing a silent D Wednesday
Wednesday containing a silent I business
business business containing a silent K
not not me knee knife knife night-night
knock knock
nickers nickers can
a silent L palm palm calm calm salmon
salmon salmon half half car car
containing a silent n damn damn
government government autumn autumn
containing a silent P cupboard cupboard
cupboard raspberry raspberry receipt
receipt containing a silent s island
island containing assignment tea listen
listen
whistle whistle containing a silent
w-who hole hole right right
wrong wrong sword sword Answer ANSWER
Answer
so tell me out of all of those examples
how many have you been mispronouncing up
to now write it in the comment section
below and if you are jumping around
screaming at the screen saying but there
are more words containing silent letters
you are absolutely right there are
plenty more words containing silent
letters these are just the commonly
used ones and the ones I commonly hear
mispronounced so if you do have any
others that you would like to add please
do put them in the comments box below
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