SECTION IX.

CONSONANTS.

EXERCISE 126.

b silent, after m or before t in the same syllable.*

c like k, before k, s, or t ending a syllable.

* These brief headings are designed merely to draw attention to what has been more largely stated concerning the several consonants, in Sec. II.

g hard, at the end of a word or a syllable not followed

by e, i, or y; also, when doubled.

gh silent, before t, and at the end of a syllable.

high

dight

flight

eight

bor' ough

nigh

hight

neigh

dōugh

thor ough

fûr lough

thigh

light

al though'

bight

in veigh

h silent, after g, after r, and after a vowel in the same

syllable; also, at the beginning of some words.

ō'phäh
sir rah

herb

hêir

EXERCISE 147.

k silent before n, and after c, in the same syllable.

EXERCISE 148.

I sometimes silent, before f, m, n, v, k, d, and c.