GRAMMAR CRIMES DIVISION

The first silent letter was added purely to make spelling harder. Education needed a challenge.

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Silent letters in English mostly come from historical changes in pronunciation, spelling borrowed from other languages, and early printing. They weren't added to make spelling harder.

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