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Many legal words include silent letters. For example, what possible reason could there be for including a "c" in the word "indict" or a "b" in the word "doubt"? The inclusion of these seemingly ...

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?” ...

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 ...

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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 ...

I decided to back off writing-silent — not that you won’t listen — because you have been under pressure from all sides. I select a guiding word for each year, and 2025 is actually two words in one by ...

On-air challenge: Every answer is a word that starts with a silent letter. Identify the words from their anagrams. Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from Sandy Weisz, of Chicago. Name ...

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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Does it bother anyone else that the word “subtle” has a silent “b?” Is it ironic that the word subtle means understated? The b in subtle is, therefore, ...