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 ...

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The silent letter is the skinned knee of every schoolchild. Why does “debt” include a “b”? Why does “island” include an “s”? And why does “knee” begin with a “k”? These mute phantoms lurk in hundreds ...

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, ...

This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. Does it bother anyone else that the word “subtle” has a silent “b?” Is it ironic that the word subtle means “understated?” ...

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'.