In certain cases the initial consonant of a cluster is Inst Thus, [k] and [g] are lost before[n] in knight, know, knit also in word of Greek origin: gnosis,gnomic.
When [kn] or [gn] was preceded bya vowel, it was preserved as in acknowledge, diagnosis.
Initial [w] is lost before [r]: write, wrong. The cluster [hw] or the voiceless [w] changed into [w] In present-day English pronunciation there is usually no difference between which and witch and between whether and weather. However, the pronunciation [hw] or [w] for written wh- can also be heard.
The consonant [h] was dropped in many unstressed syllables, as in forehead [ferid].
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