Another riddle

[BrianInChrist]

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?

[k-pappy]

Startling?

Starting

Staring

String

Sting

Sing

sin

in

I

[BrianInChrist]

Todd,

You are the man!