Do you have trouble with Silent Letters in English?
Why are words so hard to pronounce in English?
What is a syncope?
Definition: noun: syncope
1: the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in bus’ness for business, and the words below)
2: loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : FAINT
The definition relates to (1) linguistics, which is the case today, and the other definition (2) is for medicine, so ask your doctor friend about it. This is one of the causes of omissions of sound in English. Silent letters often appear in the middle of words making it quite difficult to pronounce them correctly at native speaking speeds.
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List 1
An island
A buffet
A mortgage
To resign
To sign
To assign
Several
Probably
National
List 2
A debt
A factory
A mortgage
To lend
To guarantee
To monitor
Subtle
Dangerous
Guilty
List 3
A knob
A hedge
A reference
To wreck
To guard
To hustle
Seasonal
Personal
Guilty
List 4
A receipt
A debt
A doubt
To lend
To monitor
To doubt
Dangerous
Comfortable
Doubtful
Which words were the most surprising for you?
And there are many more.
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