English is becoming one of the most common languages worldwide, yet silent letters in words present a challenge for many learners. Silent letters help distinguish homophones, but result from borrowing ...

English is not written phonetically, and one manifestation of this is the presence of silent letters in many words. Mitigating what might otherwise be total chaos, there are patterns or categories in ...

The rogue knight doubted that the asthmatic knave in knickers could climb the castle columns, but when their wrangle wrought chaos on the couple, the knight resigned with the knowledge that their ...

It’s when someone speaking drops the letter “t”. The logic behind this issue is to speak faster, create a smoother flow when speaking and simplify pronunciation with a “glottal stop.” For example, ...

What is a silent letter? Silent letters are letters that can’t be heard when the word is spoken. For example in the word 'sword', you don’t pronounce the letter ‘w’. sword And the letter ‘h’ is silent ...