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American -R

Silent -R

Silent -R is extremely rare, so learn these few exceptions.

Silent -R is extremely rare.
American words – surprise, February, governor(often GUV-ner, but not always.
Loan words – bourgeois(boo-ZHWAH), dossier(DAH-see-ay),


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