Thread: I have A riddle. Can you solve this?

Hi Very Interesting Riddle.

Don't post another one until the previous one is solved. If everyone gives up, the answer should be given.

FIRST ONE:

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word- from nine letters right down to a single letter.
What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Let see who will be the first one.

Startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

Splitting'

splitting
spitting
sitting
siting
sting
ting
tin
in
I