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Some constants represent two sounds, soft and hard, similar to the difference between short and long vowel sounds. A 'C' pronounced as an 'S', as in 'cent', is soft. If pronounced as a 'K', as in 'copper', it is hard.
Hard and soft sounds for 'C' and 'G'
The pronunciation of 'C' and 'G' generally (but not always, see below) depends upon the letter following either 'C' or 'G'.
General rules
If the following letter is 'E', 'I' or 'Y', the pronunciation is said to be "soft".
If the following letter is anything else - including a space - the pronunciation is termed "hard".
A soft 'C' is pronounced 'S' as in cell, city, decision, receive, license, distance, recently, pronounce, juicy, cylinder.
A hard 'C' is pronounced 'k' as in call, correct, cup, cross, class, rescue, fact, public, panic, ache.
A soft 'G' is pronounced 'j' as in general, giant, gymnastic, large, energy, intelligible, changing.
A hard 'G' is pronounced 'g' as in Golf, pig, running, great, gum, fragrant, grasp, glut, progress.
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