Silent letters

How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation? Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of sp ...  Show more

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The English language is not a phonetic language, meaning that English is not spoken the way it is spelled.  In this video, you will learn how to properly pronounce some of the most common words that have silent letters. Make sure to repeat aloud what you hear me saying so you are ...  Show more

<div> <div> <div> <div>The English language has a lot of <span class= "il">silent</span> <span class="il">letters</span> that cause difficulties for both native speakers and English learners, because they make the spelling of words different from their pronunciation.</div>
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You probably know that an English word ends in -E, the -E is usually silent; we don't pronounce it - like in the words date, cheese, fine, spoke, and rude.

But there are a few exceptions!

Many of these words came into English from other languages and ...

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