PIE! Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Why does the word "come" have a silent "e"? Google helps with most of my daughter's technical spelling questions, but I couldn't find anything about this. Please help us! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 "Because the English language just loves to make my life difficult!":tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIE! Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 It sure does love to! ps Love is a word that used to bug me too! But I found out that English words aren't supposed to end in "V" so the e in "love" is to keep the "v" from ending the word. I think it's a silly rule, but it does explain a lot of interesting spelling. But "come" still eludes me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIE! Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 I know all three of you who viewed this are on the edges of your seats, but I found an answer so I feel I must post. It's not a satisfactory answer, but it's still an answer. I'm open for a better one. From "Uncovering the Logic of English" (A book I own. Go figure I'd find the answer at home and not on the internet). "In a few words there is no visible explanation for the silent E. The silent E holds a story that has been lost over time. Perhaps it is a remnant of an older pronunciation that is no longer in use, or a tradition that began in some other way. Whatever the original reason, however, there are only a few words that fall into this category. done giraffe come where some were" So there we have it. An "unseen reason." At least there are only 6 of those words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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