This is because the letter always requires the letter to follow it in words, making it impossible for to appear at the end. The letter j is the only letter that is never at the end of a word in english While you can find words like hajj (an islamic pilgrimage) or munj (a type of asian grass), those words are borrowed and not english words. In this video you can see that andrew challenges sara to find a letter that's never at the end of a word But sara can't find it, so andrew showed her the an. In the powerpoint presentation below we see which letters are not usually found at the end of native english words and how this affects spelling
Please feel free to use the powerpoint as you like and share it widely Please don't change anything in it (if there's anything that needs changing, please write and let me know) The letter **q** is unique in the english alphabet as it never appears at the end of a word and is always followed by **u** Examples illustrate this rule, such as in the words queue, quit, quail, and quest. Can an english word end in v Words in english do not end in the letter v
But remember that this is not always a magic e. Explore the intriguing question about the only letter that never ends a word and challenge your linguistic curiosity.
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