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 ...

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You’d think spelling and pronunciation would go hand in hand. Well, English had other plans. Silent letters are those sneaky little things hiding in plain sight – they’re written down but never ...

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, ...

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This can make learning to spell the words quite tricky! Watch this short video to see some more examples of silent letter words. Vowel sounds are made by the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o' and 'u'.