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Reasons Why the English Language is Hard to Learn
What is very unusual about the following words?
bough
cough
dough
rough
through
ANSWER:
They all end in o-u-g-h, and none of them rhyme.
Same Spelling at the End - Different Pronunciation
honor donor
slow cow
you thou
stood food
love move cove
over mover cover
going doing boing
comb tomb bomb
roster poster foster
paid said plaid
done gone bone
Different Spelling at the End - Same Pronunciation
to two too
bowl mole poll
bread said fed
won fun done
yew ewe you
pare pear pair
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