Silent Letters
American English has many silent letters, mostly because we borrow words from
many other languages and at times follow their rules although other times we do
not.
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Why guess gets pronounced as gess can make you to wonder why there is a U.
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In herb and heir the H is silent.
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In sword and two, the W is silent. In isle, and island the S is silent. In
aisle both the A and S are silent.
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Other examples of silent letters are in mortgage where the T is silent and the
P in pneumonia. Also the L in salmon is silent. But the L in salmonella is not
silent.
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In isthmus the TH is silent, fortunately it is the only combination of ISTH.
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In debt the B is silent
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