Silent Letters: When NOT to pronounce B, D, and L in English (2024)

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Thank you Emma ,
Are there rules for the pronounciation of “i”
Sometimes it is pronouced in its spelling form and other times like a “e” or like a shwa sound . It sounds weird when you don’t know the word with an “i” you are saying and you mispronounce it , worse than a word with silent consonant .
Hope you can make a lesson on that
Bye

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Although I have a question. Some time ago I saw a tongue twister in the Internet ” There’s a sandwich on the sand sent by a sane which”. Well, if in the word “sandwich” d in silent, this tongue twister has no sense?

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debt,doubt,subtle
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Would you please help me to differentiate between when we pronounce the letter (A) as (aa) ‘ and when it is pronounced (ey).
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Thank you Emma. I think the reason why even natives want to say b as in subtle is maybe due to subtitles. Because b as in subtitles is pronounced and looks similar at a grance, isn’t it?

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Can you please make a video on the difference between TO BE and TO HAVE BEEN or tell me if there is already a video on it.

“Subtitle” is it silent b?

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When will the next letters?
I found a difference in pronunciation with other words (eg: sword which is pronounced “sord” and sworn which is pronounced “sWorn”).
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I am sorry to remark in your lesson a mistake “t” is not pronounced if it occurs before “b” and not after

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You said we never pronounce ‘b’ after ‘m’ so how it is with combine, combination or let’s say combat? I think you should add that this rule refer to ‘mb’ at the end of a word.
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