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Anonymous wrote: Hi guys, I have been living in London since January 2003. Hoping that I would have got rid of my strong and terrible Italian accent after 2 years, I have now lost all my hopes.Could you suggest me any diction courses or whatsoever to pick up the pure British accent. I...

American and British English differences have nothing to do with this. Herb is the only example of difference between the two. 'An hotel' is archaic but may still be used by old-fashioned writers. The rule that somebody mentioned above is correct: an + 'h' when the first syllable is...

1. Verbs which end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel in a stressed syllable double the final consonant. wed - wedding - wedded hop - hopping - hopped occur - occurring - occurred Note: The 'c' is not doubled. Double 'c' is written as 'ck' instead, regardless of the stress...

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 —...

Personally, I say GZ for all three. As for the prefix "ex-": "ex-" followed by a consonant (other than silent 'h'): eks Exceptions: exile, exit!!! (coincidence?) (But these can also be pronounced according to the 'rules' above.) This is American English, by the way. British English...

In American English the endings -ing and -ed are added directly to words like 'travel' and 'worship' without doubling the final consonant. The final consonant is doubled before adding the ending in British English. American dictionaries often give both variants (undoubled first) since the user...

"I went to a hospital", is correct because "hospital" begins with a consonant. I would guess that around 5% percent of Australians (those of lesser education) would say; "an ospital", as would a similar percentage of British people. Note that if there is such a thing as Australian English it...

In Standard British English the "r" at the end of a syllable isn't pronounced. This type of accent is referred to as non-rhotic. Rhotic accents include Irish, Scottish and Standard American English. But even here the effect of the "r" at the end of a syllable is mainly to...