I listed out some words starting with ' q'.
In all these words, 'q’ is followed by letter 'u' !!!
Queen
Quiet
Quit
Quick
Question
Quality
Acqua
In all these words, letter 'q' is followed by letter 'u' !!!
Q always never hangs out alone !!!
Why ' qu ' happens
1. It came from Latin .
In Latin,, q is always followed by u
When English borrowed tonnes of Latin words, we kept the spelling.
2. English was influenced by French too !!!
As French also used same letters, English just k e p t it .
U follows Q because Roman and French people did it first..
We just kept the habit !!!
We don't really use Q alone . It feels wrong to us.
Q always brings U, thats how we learnt it !!!
It is just a spelling habit, that we inherited !!!
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