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I am wondering if there is a way to determine when the “c” is silent and when it is not?

I found one lesson in “Lawless French” that used blanc and banc as an example of “c” being silent due to the “an” being a nasal vowel. Other individual exceptions were stomach, porc and tabac. So as a rule is the “c” silent when it follows a nasal vowel? Is there any other rule that I can use to cull the list of words that need to be memorized?

This question relates to:French lesson "Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -c in French"

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Sharon M. asked:

I am wondering if there is a way to determine when the “c” is silent and when it is not?

I found one lesson in “Lawless French” that used blanc and banc as an example of “c” being silent due to the “an” being a nasal vowel. Other individual exceptions were stomach, porc and tabac. So as a rule is the “c” silent when it follows a nasal vowel? Is there any other rule that I can use to cull the list of words that need to be memorized?

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