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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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silent english vowel long words vowels word short sound modern also effect preceding spelling final french example may middle magic
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silent e | is a | Ninja | 0.90 | text |
| rid /rɪd/ | instance of | was reinterpreted synchronically as a marker of the surviving sounds.This can be seen in the vowels in word-pairs | 0.80 | text |
| ride /raɪd/ | instance of | was reinterpreted synchronically as a marker of the surviving sounds.This can be seen in the vowels in word-pairs | 0.80 | text |
| in which the presence of the final | instance of | was reinterpreted synchronically as a marker of the surviving sounds.This can be seen in the vowels in word-pairs | 0.80 | text |
| unpronounced | instance of | was reinterpreted synchronically as a marker of the surviving sounds.This can be seen in the vowels in word-pairs | 0.80 | text |
| bike | instance of | and it is used in modern neologisms | 0.80 | text |
| in which there is no historical reason for the presence of the | instance of | and it is used in modern neologisms | 0.80 | text |
| minute | instance of | In a few words | 0.80 | text |
| this may affect the operation of silent | instance of | In a few words | 0.80 | text |
| Silent e | related to External links | Early Modern English | 0.60 | section |
| Silent e | related to External links | 0.60 | section | |
| Silent e | related to External links | Questions | 0.60 | section |
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