Timeline for Why is the N silent in "solemn" but pronounced in "solemnity"
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| Apr 17, 2021 at 8:43 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 1, 2021 at 3:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1366221925429698560 | ||
| Feb 13, 2021 at 13:13 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 13, 2021 at 8:08 | answer | added | Rosie F | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 13, 2021 at 5:27 | answer | added | Fraser Orr | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 18:01 | comment | added | John Lawler | As explained in the link above, English doesn't allow two nasals together in the same syllable. Damnation, solemnity, and autumnal all have the /m/ in one syllable and the /n/ in the next. This is not the case with damn, solemn, or autumn. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 14:39 | history | edited | Rayan Khan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 12, 2021 at 13:45 | review | Close votes | |||
| Mar 1, 2021 at 3:07 | |||||
| Feb 12, 2021 at 13:25 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | Does this answer your question? Damning (adjective) /ˈdæmnɪŋ/ | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 12:59 | comment | added | Steve | Note it's also the case with "autumn" and "autumnal", or "damn" and "damnation". | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 11:51 | history | asked | user387044 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |