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Q
letter of the Latin alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Q is the seventeenth (number 17) letter in the English alphabet. It is nearly always followed by a silent letter U. Q makes a kw sound as in quick or a k sound as in unique.
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Some people say that the letter Q is not needed, because the sound it makes can be made with C or K and W instead. The same thing is said about the letter X.
Below are some ancient ways of writing Q: