In English orthography, many words feature a silent ⟨e⟩ (single, final, non-syllabic, magic "e"), most commonly at the end of a word or morpheme. Typically it represents a vowel sound that was formerly pronounced, but became silent in late Middle English or Early Modern English.
In English orthography, many words feature a silent ⟨e⟩ (single, final, non-syllabic, magic "e"), most commonly at the end of a word or morpheme. Typically it represents a vowel sound that was formerly pronounced, but became silent in late Middle English or Early Modern English.
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