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F is 4th consonant and it is articulated puffing out the air through the opening of lips. The combined  diagraphs   ph and gh also produces   (f) sound. F is never kept silent in words. Example: Lough, Tough, Pamphlet, Physician etc But in some words last gh sound is also missing Example:  Bough, caught, Drought, Haughty Plough, Slight, Weight, Freight, Fright, Neighbour, Straight >> GH sound is silent when GH  comes after au, ou and I in words. F letter is not found silent in English words as it is very forceful sound. Common PH words with F sound alphabet, dolphin, elephant, graph, orphan, phantom, phone, Pharma, pheasant,  Photo. Common GH words with F sound cough, enough, laugh, rough, tough. Some 4 syllables words starting with F sound February, forgiveness, fireplace, familiar, flabbergasted( ˈ fla-b ər-ˌ ga-st əd)  firefighter, fascinating, finality, facetious, fabrication, fidelity, fenestration, feu...

       H. G. Wells (  born September 21, 1866,  Bromley,  Kent , England—died  August  13, 1946 London) "The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow" Herbert George Wells was a prolific writer who wrote in many geners but in the world he is famous for his science fiction novels like, The time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The island of Doctor Moreau, The First Men in the Moon.  Wells was nominated four times for the Nobel prize but won none. His works reveal that he was truly futurist and visionary. Wells had foreseen the development of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons etc. In the beginning of the century he had foreseen the world figure quite clearly. In his novel of 1913-1914  The World Set Free , he imagined an “atomic bomb” of terrifying power that would be dropped from aeroplanes. And in 1945 the same event occurred when American army dropped two atom bombs in the two cities of Jap...

John Updike ( Born:  18 March 1932 ,  Died:  27 January 2009) "I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head." The above mentioned quote of John Hoyer Updike rightly fits to his story 'Should wizard Hit Mommy?' The story seems simple in style and setting which framing device in which the tale of Roger skunk has been weaved in the story of Jack and Jo, a father-daughter story. This is the story which explores two worldviews of the two different generations. One is represented by the Father, Jack and the other is represented by the daughter, Jo. John Updike has successfully created a story which has no thrilling elements but has the beauty of simple life of a small family. In his simple story he tries to explore the reasons of generation-gap. John Updike is well known for his craftsmanship of writing and his output is enormous. Updike created his story with characters who "frequently experience personal turmoil an...

It is 5th letter and second vowel in English alphabet. It has three different articulatory sounds. >>E as alphabet sound in words Me, He, We, Re, She etc >>E as in words like Met, Led, Pet, Net, Set etc. In such words E takes sound of eh(ए). >>E as (ə/ अ)  in words like  in words like Character, Cinder, Computer, , Hinder etc NOTE: words ending with -er do not carry r sound but in a sentence if words ending with -er is followed by another word starting with vowel, r sound is articulated Father in this words we will not articulate the sound of r but in the sentence "My father is arriving today." In Father, the sound of r will be articulated. >> Words which end with the suffix - ment, in such words E takes sound of A(अ) Appointment, Entertainment, Establishment etc. >> E is silent when the suffix beginning with vowel and E is the last letter. Words are debate, debatable, desire, dine, excite, make, subdue etc >> E is...

The letter D is either spoken in words or it remains silent.  Words like Dad, Dog, Date, Depend etc carry the natural articulatory sound of D Whereas D is silent in words  when it comes before or after N  Handkerchief, Handsome, Wednesday etc. D with G combined takes sound of J and D is not pronounced in words like Adjudge, Acknowledge, badge, sledge etc. Like D, T is either pronounced in words like tattoo, take, two etc or it remains silent in words like fasten, listen etc T is silent when  F, R, S comes before it. The following are the words which follow this rule   Apostle, Bristle, Bustle, Castle, Christmas, Fasten, Glisten, Hasten, Moisten, Nestle, Often, Rustle, Soften, Thistle, Whistle, wrestle, Mortgage. But T is articulated when it is the end letter in word as Fast, Last, East, etc. When T is combined with CH , it remains silent because TCH  is spoken  tʃ  ( च) .. I have already discussed it in detail in my previous blog. When T comes...

We generally pronounce C  as K  in words like     cat , cut, cake cab, can, cap etc and  S   in words like city, cite, cent, certain, ice etc We have rules for this consonant letter. >> When the letter C comes before A, O, and U , it generally takes sound of K >>When  C comes before E, I and Y , it takes sound of S There is word Circus which is pronounced sirkus (सर्कस) >> When C comes with  L, It takes Sound of K As in Clock, Clavichord etc. >> When  C is preceded by vowels it  generally takes sound of K Example Doctor(doktur डॉक्टर) Secret( sikrit or  sikrət  सीक्रिट) Vacuum ( vækyum  वैक्यूम) >>When  C  is followed by T, it   takes sound of K Example Act ( ækt ऐक्ट) Elect( ɪlɛkt इलेक्ट) >> The letter C is silent before K  and after S as Check, Ascend, Ascent,Descend, Descent, Fascinate, Fascination, florescent, Obscene, Scene, Scenario, Scent There is a case i...

In the field of phonetics letter B and P are studied together. They both belong to the same group and at times they are articulated or inarticulated. So here we will mostly focus when the letters B and P are pronounced and when they are silent. They retain their sound of articulation in words like bat, book, before, bridge, bangle, put, practice, paper, pick, plate. Here one thing is quite remarkable: when these letters are followed or preceded by vowels, they are articulated. On the other hand when P and B are put together with other consonants, they are not pronounced in words. B as a silent letter in words B  is not pronounced when it comes at the end of the word preceded by M Example words: bomb, climb, comb, crumb, dumb, lamb, limb, numb, plumb, thumb, tomb. B is also silent before T in words like debt, doubt,  and subtle. P as a silent letter When p comes before the letters N, S and T, it is not spoken in the word, the list of the words is given below pneumatic ...