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What is the pronunciation of without?
Here are 4 tips that should help you perfect your pronunciation of ‘without‘: Break ‘without‘ down into sounds: [WI] + [DHOWT] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
Is the H silent in human?
H is silent in many English words, for various reasons. Not all such words that have come into English from French still have a silent h, however. Over the centuries we have come to pronounce the h in words like horrible, hospital, host, human, and humour.
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Is the T silent in exactly?
In practice, yes it is virtually silent unless one makes a special effort to pronounce it. When we have a consonant cluster here /ktl/ one sound is often not heard. The linguistice term for it is “dissimilation”.
Is the D silent in width?
The ‘th’ in the preposition ‘with’ is voiced; the ‘th’ in width (forget the ‘d‘) is voiceless. Just pronounce ‘width‘ with a voiceless ‘th’ (forget the ‘d‘).