In case of the common syllables, the mute and the liquid blend so easily as to produce a combination which takes no more time than a single consonant.
A syllable is short, if it contains a short vowel followed by a vowel or by a single consonant; as, mea, amat.
In each case in which we have the silent e there is a single long vowel followed by a single consonant, or two consonants combining to form a single sound, as th in scythe.
The reverse, however, is not always true, for a few words containing a short vowel followed by a single consonant do take silent e; but there are very few of them.
Notice the single vowel and the single consonant at the end of each word.
Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, if they end in a single consonant with a single vowel before it, usually double the final consonant before a vowel-suffix, e.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "single consonant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
