Consonant Examples

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Home Search  Glossary of Terms Common Errors FAQs Grammar Chat Download Grammar Checker Consonant - Glossary of Terms Consonant All the letters in the alphabet apart from A, E, I, O and U (called vowels) are known as  consonants. Interactive example:   The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. [show me the consonants]   Use an before a vowel sound, and use a before a consonant sound. She was injured in a RTA. She was injured in an RTA. (The letter R is a consonant, but it starts with a vowel sound.)

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