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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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why is "E" always silent when it comes last? why is english not written the way it is spoken?
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" It uses Latin letters to express English sounds which differ significantly from sounds of some Latin consonants and vowels described by the Latin alphabet . , there is no consonant in Latin described in English as 'th'. " It's so called silent e which is not pronounced in speech.
- " It uses Latin letters to express English sounds which differ significantly from sounds of some Latin consonants and vowels described by the Latin alphabet .
- , there is no consonant in Latin described in English as 'th'.
- " It's so called silent e which is not pronounced in speech.
- e.
- not sounded in speech: k nife, wa l k .
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Hi,
"Why is English not written the way it is spoken?"
It uses Latin letters to express English sounds which differ significantly from sounds of some Latin consonants and vowels described by the Latin alphabet . E.g., there is no consonant in Latin described in English as 'th'.
"Why is "e" always silent when it comes last?"
It's so called sile
"Why is English not written the way it is spoken?"
It uses Latin letters to express English sounds which differ significantly from sounds of some Latin consonants and vowels described by the Latin alphabet . E.g., there is no consonant in Latin described in English as 'th'.
"Why is "e" always silent when it comes last?"
It's so called sile
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Silent e is a writing convention in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling. A http://en.wi
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I have no idea what that silly 'emoticons' are doing in my reply. It should be (k) instead of that 'kissy' lips and (l) in the place of that beating heart. Could you, Moderators, kindly edit my post and remove this unintended silliness from my post? Thanks in advance. Anon.
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