The soft sound of _c_ is the same as _s,_ and the hard sound the same
as _k_. The soft sound of _g_ is the same as _j,_ and the hard sound
is the true sound of _g_ as heard in _gone, bug, struggle_.
Important Rule. _C_ and _G_ are soft before _e, i,_ and _y,_
and hard before all the other vowels, before all the other consonants,
and at the end of words.
The chief exceptions to this rule are a few common words in which _g_
is hard before _e_ or _i_. They include---_give, get, gill, gimlet,
girl, gibberish, gelding, gerrymander, gewgaw, geyser, giddy,
gibbon, gift, gig, giggle, gild, gimp, gingham, gird, girt,
girth, eager,_ and _begin_. G is soft before a consonant in
_judgment{,} lodgment, acknowledgment,_ etc. Also in a few
words from foreign languages _c_ is soft before other vowels,
though in such cases it should always be written with a cedilla (c).
N when marked n in words from the Spanish language is pronounced
_n-y_ (canon like _canyon_).
Ng has a peculiar nasal sound of its own, as heard in the syllable _ing_.
N alone also has the sound of _ng_ sometimes before _g_ and _k,_ as in
_angle, ankle, single,_ etc.
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