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What is the purpose of silent letters? Letters that are NEVER PRONOUNCED but still they're there?

Why is DESIGN pronounced desine but DESIGNATE/designation includes pronouncing the g? If it's desine then it should also be desinate and desination for consistency. Is it designed to drive us crazy? Makes proper spelling unnecessarily complicated. Who gains from that?

Posted - October 13, 2018

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