I don't remember exactly in which class i was in, but may be in 2nd or 3rd class. Then we used to read out English vocabulary written in our copies loudly in front of the whole class, in the evening hours.
One day my turn came, and i started saying all words loudly. then came P...O...W...D...E...R...F...U...L... and people started laughing but i didn't understand. Then some one said it is powerful not powderful. I thought may be here 'd' is silent. But when one of them said there is no 'd' present, I gave a thought about where I had gone wrong. I missed the class in which sir dictated notes. So when I was coping things from other's notes, thinking he had mistakenly missed 'd' I had written powderful. I recollected what I had seen on ponds powder tin, and thought i am correct.
That was the level of my confidence(over confidence....!!!).
In the other way, some times i go wrong by thinking too much like this. Just one observation on powder tin and a little knowledge of silent letters in the words gave me that confidence to say them they were wrong, not me.
I think that happens in many peoples lives. At least it has been happening in my life till now.
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