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Old 15-Nov-2006, 17:10
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Default Re: Why 't' is silent in listen.

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Originally Posted by dharanija35 View Post
When 't' is silent in the word "listen", then why should we write "listen", why can't we write just "lisen" instead of "listen" because 't' is silent.
I don't know. I advise you to write "lisen" and "ofen" and "casle" etc. It's much easier, isn't it?
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