2021-01-27
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – soft C & soft G
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง soft = ‘SAWFT’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Soft sounding means:
= constituting a vowel before which there is a \y\ sound
or a \y\-like modification of a consonant
or constituting a consonant in whose articulation there is a \y\-like modification or which is followed by a \y\ sound (as in Russian)
The A-Z of correct English Usage Dictionary
Soft C and soft G
The letter c has two sounds.
It can be hard and sound like k
or it can be soft and sound like s.
The letter g has two sounds.
It can be hard and sound like g in got
and it can be soft and sound like j.
Usually, but not always, c and g
sound hard when they precede a, o, u:
Cat cot cut
Gap got gut
They are generally soft when they precede e and i (and y):
Cell cider cyberspace
Germ gin gyrate
Sometimes an extra e is inserted into a word before a, o, u,
so that the c or g in the word can sound soft:
noticeable (notnoticeable)
manageable (not manageable)
Sometimes an extra k is inserted into a word between c and a, o, u,
so that c can sound hard:
picnicking (notpicnicing)
trafficking (nottrafficing)
