By Pronunciation, Dates

If you want to talk like a native speaker then you have a long way to go. You can't skip over the steps. I suggest you master the basics first, before moving on to idioms and expressions. They're forums over here that can help you starting off(Vocabulary and Idioms, General English garmmar...

I would second Lazarus' comment. Try to remember that native speakers of English make mistakes all the time, too. Proper pronunciation, also, will depend on the country you are in. What is proper in the U.S. is improper in England, Australia, etc. Learn what you can from your teachers (and...

I've got a vocabulary notebook and when I come across a potentially useful new word or phrase I write the definition and some examples. If it's a difficult word to pronounce I make a note of its pronunciation too. I also leave a line space between each entry in case I want to add more...

This is what I am submitting She used to have long hair. Form Used + infinitive I used to eat meat. We used to date. Function To state a habit or state in the past that is now completed or different from the present situation . The sentence above functions to allow the speaker to...

Webster's on-line dictionary. Has audio facility. Hear words spoken in AmE http://www.m-w.com/ BBC learn English site. Has audio in BrE http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml Randall's basic self-study guide. useful words and phrases in AmE accent...

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I am continually stunned by the fact that so few sources seem to realise the logic that lies behind their own rules. I have heard whacky rules that suggests that ancient or biblical names ending with s are exceptions, or words of more than one syllable ending with s. The 'eez' thing here is at...

Dear everybody, I would need help in writing an application letter for an in-service training activity. I am an primary school English teacher and I would like to take part in a course, but I am afraid that my formal letter writing abilities are not the best. Here are the data (please send me at...

Hello, everyone. I would please like to know the correct English pronunciation for dates, years more specifically. For example, for the year 1721, would i say "seventeen-twenty-one" or "one thousand, seven hundred twenty one". Or even "Seventeen hundred twenty one". And for the year 2004, is it...