Thursday 8 February 2007

The Silent 'w'

The letter 'w' is always silent at the beginning of a word before the letter 'r'

wreck wring wrote wrong.

The addition of a prefix makes no difference: unwritten

'w' is also silent in answer, sword and two.

In the combination 'wh' , the 'w' is silent in

whole who whom whose


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