Why is the decoding process in English sometimes a bit tricky?
A. There are so many different slang words with the same meaning.
B. The English alphabet has more letters than necessary.
C. Each letter represents several different sounds.
D. Common spelling errors make it hard to sound out words.

C. Each letter represents several different sounds.

Explanation:

Learning to read in English is difficult because much of it demands that we memorize the pronunciation of certain words because looking at their spelling many times gives no accurate pronunciation of them.

Ex.

cough

comb

eye

aisle

read  ( /reed/  or /red/ )

etc.

There are tens of thousands of examples.

i used to know but i learned it a long time ago sorry

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