How to Identify the Third Consonant in an English Syllable Onset

What must the third of the consonants be in an English syllable with an onset of three consonants? The syllables provided are not third consonants in an English syllable's onset as they include vowels. The third consonant in a syllable's onset would be the final consonant sound, such as 'r' in the onset 'str' in 'street' or 'l' in 'spl' in 'split.

In English phonology and speech, a syllable's 'onset' is described as the consonant(s) which precede the 'nucleus' or vowel of a syllable. In a situation where there are three consonants in the onset, the third consonant determines the overall sound of the syllable.

Considering the selections offered - 'ba', 'me', 'hi', 'go', 'fu', 'be', 'lo', 'ju', 'se', 'no', all of these are whole syllables, not just individual consonants. If it's a simple consonant you are looking for as the third part of the onset, none of these choices would be correct because they all include a vowel. For example, in 'bat' or 'bag', 'b' is the onset and 'a' is the nucleus.

For an English syllable of three consonants, examples could include 'str' in 'street' or 'spl' in 'split' where 'r' or 'l' would be the third consonant.

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