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by Kevin Burton Every syllable must have both a written vowel and a vowel sound. It’s a rule kids, don’t giggle! Now settle down. This is knowledge you need today, because today is National Silent E Day. Take the word “giggle” for example, since we just used it. That second syllable, to …
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by Kevin Burton When my parents issued me flash cards before kindergarten, I wondered why the work “knife” had a K in it when it didn’t do anything. All these years later I hear from Merriam-Webster that not just e’s and k’s but all the letters of the English alphabet are silent at …
by Kevin Burton Silent E is so famous it has a song, we all know about that one. We know how the letter e at the end of man, changes the word to mane, for example. The silent e turns the a from short to long. But did you know all the …
