{"id":157241,"date":"2026-08-20T21:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marathisrushti.in\/prime\/?p=157241"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:27","slug":"why-is-english-so-confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marathisrushti.in\/prime\/why-is-english-so-confusing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is English so confusing? \u0907\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u091c\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u0907\u0924\u0915\u0940 \u0917\u094b\u0902\u0927\u0933\u093e\u0924 \u091f\u093e\u0915\u0923\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0939\u0947?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u0907\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u091c\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u0907\u0924\u0915\u0940 \u0917\u094b\u0902\u0927\u0933\u093e\u0924 \u091f\u093e\u0915\u0923\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0939\u0947? 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\u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0905\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0930\u0947) \u092e\u0926\u0924 \u0918\u0947\u0924\u0932\u0940.<\/p>\n<p>\u0907\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u091c\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0938\u0941\u0932\u092d \u0906\u0923\u093f \u0915\u092e\u0940 \u0917\u0941\u0902\u0924\u093e\u0917\u0941\u0902\u0924\u0940\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u0923\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938\u093e\u0920\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0938\u0941\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0915 (spelling reformers) \u0938\u093e\u0924\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0926\u0932\u093e\u0902\u091a\u093e \u0906\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939 \u0927\u0930\u0924 \u0906\u0939\u0947\u0924. \u0907\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u091c\u0940\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u093e \u0917\u094b\u0902\u0927\u0933\u093e\u091a\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923 \u092a\u0939\u093e: &#8220;enough&#8221; \u092e\u0927\u0942\u0928 &#8220;g-h&#8221; \u091a\u093e \u0927\u094d\u0935\u0928\u0940, &#8220;women&#8221; 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