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xi. When CI or TI precede similar combinations, as in pronunciation, negotiation, they should be pronounced ze instead of she, to prevent a repetition of the latter syllable; as pronunceashon instead of pronunsheashon. xii. GH, both in the middle and at the end of words ia silent; as in caught, bought, fright, nigh, sigh; pronounced caut, baut, frite, ni, si. In the following exceptions, however, gh are pronounced as f:--cough, chough, clough, enough, laugh, rough, slough, tough, trough. xiii. When WH begins a word, the aspirate h precedes w in pronunciation; as in what, whiff, whale; pronounced hwat, hwiff, hwale, w having precisely the sound of oo, French ou. In the following words w is silent:--who, whom, whose, whoop, whole. xiv. H after r has no sound or use; as in rheum, rhyme; pronounced reum, ryme. xv. H should be sounded in the middle of words; as in forehead, abhor, behold, exhaust, inhabit, unhorse. xvi. H should always be sounded except in the following words:--heir, herb, honest, honour, hospital, hostler, hour, humour, and humble, and all their derivatives,--such as humorously, derived from humour. xvii. K and G are silent before n; as know, gnaw; pronounced no, naw. xviii. W before r is silent; as in wring, wreath; pronounced ring, reath. xix. B after m is silent; as in dumb, numb; pronounced dum, num. xx. L before k is silent; as in balk, walk, talk; pronounced bauk, wauk, tauk. xxi. PH has the sound of f; as in philosophy; pronounced filosofy.