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I think B is correct. Generally, whether to use "a" or "an" in English is decided by the first letter of the word it is modifying. If the word it is modifying begins with a consonant (anything except a,e,i,o,u), you would use "a". If the word begins with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), you would use...

There are an estimated 900 gangsters in the country. If your question pertains to the use of 'a' and 'an', I think the following might help you out. Use 'an' before all words beginning with the vowels: a, e, i, o u. This is done to facilitate pronunciation. For example, if we say 'a...

i'd say english helps you a lot . for instance when you don't know a verb but you know the name, for instance " she's got a graceful walk" and " walk the talk ". In my opinion what makes english hard is pronunciation and idioms. Especially the pronunciation of vowels which are not flat but sort...

There is definately an upstate NY accent. The vowels in the middle of some words are either changed or pronounced as dipthongs. Ill put the normal spelling of some words followed by the upstate NY pronunciation.. and then the north jersey pronunciation (where im from) which is fairly neutral...

Some words, not only verbs, that are used a lot in speaking, have one weak sound and one strong sound. Weak forms are used in 'connected speech', that is, when you are having a normal, everyday conversation or when they are in the middle of a sentence. For example, the weak form of the verb...

Last year, I asked an English history teacher about the pronunciation "Sophia". The Sophia in question was the mother of King George I. He said that "Sophia" is pronounced /s&(u)'fai&/. "Sofia", on the other hand, is pronounced /'s&ufi&/ or even /s&(u)'fi:&/. I later looked up both name in a...

I'm not sure if this will be any help, but there are definite rules for dividing words into syllables in the English language. Generally, if there are 2 consonants side-by-side, we divide the word there, and that gives us a clue as to how to pronounce the word. For example, the word...

I think the correct pronunciation is hòbzboom (the stress is on the first syllable; the vowel of the first syllable is the "o" of "dog"; after the "b" sound, you have to pronounce a voiced "s", i. e., a "z" sound, as in "zero"; in the second syllable, -boom, the vowel is a long "o", as in...

Well, latha, generally speaking, the rule says that between two vowels the sound must be pronounced /z/, as well as when you write and and sometimes . If it is next to consonants or it is written as a sibilant, then it must be pronounced /s/. For instance, has an /s/ sound. However, , or have a...

Hello, Lukas One of the best books I've read on pronunciation is Daniel Jones' "An Outline of English Phonetics". It's a rather old book, but it's very very good. I don't know if it's out of print now, but I'm sure you'll be able to find it in a library, or in a used-books store. The book...