This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
Burden, burthen, garden, lengthen, seven, strengthen, often, and a few others, have the e silent.
- ence, not unce, as influence, not influ-unce.
- es, not is, as pleases, not pleasis.
- ile, should be pronounced il, as fertil, not ferti/e, in all words except chamomile, (cam), exile, gentile, infantile, reconcile, and senile, which should be pronounced ile.
- in, not n, as Latin, not Latn.
- nd, not n, as husband, not husband, thousan, not thousan.
- ness, not niss, as carefulness, not carefulniss.
- ng, not n, as singing, not singin; speaking, not speakin.
- ngth, not nth, as strength, not strenth.
- son, the o should be silent; as in treason, tre-zn, not tre-son.
- tal, not tle, as capita/, not capitle; metal, not mettle; mortal, not mortle; periodical, not periodicle.
- xt, not x, as next, not near.
 
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