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Science_guru wrote: Sweety_pudding wrote: i think of and off just looks like earchother.. I don't agree with this. In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off" "of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son of Mr. List. "off" is an adjective meaning "not in...

I'm afraid to say that I don't think that there is always a rule, Guest. You'll master the different pronounciations of "o" after spending some time on pronounciation and listening. However, you can get some hint from your dictionary which gives the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) phonetic...

Hi, if you consider "nth" to be a word containing no vowels (regardless of its pronunciation), then we should admit that such acronyms as CD, BBC, RN, etc fall into the category as well. rgds, cairn

... would you please tell me how would you pronounce "ship" ? would it be like " shape" The vowel sound in "ship" is completely different in American English from the vowel sound in "shape". __ I'm not aware of any difference in the pronunciation of the "e" in "marketing" whether...

I would disagree with the suggested plural of the word "Spacecraft". Words such as Spacecraft and aircraft are uncountable. You can have 3 airplanes (or aeroplanes if you are Brittish) but you would say "several aircraft/spacecraft". The plural of beer should indeed be "beer". However, when...

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Hi abbie1948 ! You are nice,thank you ^_^ "Verbs ending in one stressed vowel" How can I know of that? Could you teach me more and suggest some good websites for me to learn? Thanks again !!

Hi Xcats, This is related to the spelling of the past tense forms of regular verbs; it also applies to the "ing" form. spelling of regular affirmative past tense forms Most regular verbs: add -ed work —worked help —helped start — started rain —rained stay —stayed show —...

Cockney speakers always omit the ' t ' . EE speakers only omit the t when it is at the end of a word , or in between vowels , never in between consonants . EE speakers also leave out the ' l ' in ' vulnerable ' , or ' itself ' . They also pronounce the ' l ' of a word like a ' w ' . For...