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A silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation.

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Silent Letters In Words Containing Double Letters

I'm doing an exercise, which says find the silent letters in some words. one of them is "OFFICE" Does this word have 1 or 2 silent letters? The final 'E'     Or     final 'E' + one of 'F's Are double ...
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Is the T in "national" ever pronounced?

As a non-native English speaker, I just realised that I have probably been pronouncing the word "national" wrong for 20+ years. I have been pronouncing the "t", kind of like "...
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