What is the meaning of reduce?
1 : to make smaller or less reduce expenses Reduce your speed ahead. 2 : to bring to a usually worse state The story reduced them to tears. 3 : to lower in grade or rank. 4 : to change to a simpler form Reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 5 : to lose weight by dieting.
Is the L in calm silent?
The answer is the year 1066 and 2000 years of invasions, occupations, and political complexities that go far beyond “correctness.” “Calm” does, in fact, have a silent L because of 1066; however, in some regions it has a lightly pronounced L. Why? Because that’s how language works naturally over time.