By Numbers, Vowels

Hi, The rule regarding the pronunciation of "the" is such that it differs based on the word's sound - whether it is consonant-sounding or vowel-sounding. OK, but my question (sort of) is that in your educated guess, how people in those English speaking contries are conscious of that rule and...

There are a number of variations within the British accent. Here are some suggestions on how to improve your accent: 1. If you have any close British friends or acquaintences, speak with them as often as possible while imitating their accent. Sometimes people are offended by this because...

CalifJim, your comments on pronunciation of British vowels, particularly point number 3 in your list, refer only to RP, or at least English as spoken in the south east of England (and amongst the few upper classes people left throughout England) The majority of the English (as in nationality,...

Hi A word with 7 consonants and 1 vowel is STRENGTH. DUBS The 5 letter word that keeps it's pronunciation with 3 letters removed is EMPTY remove EPY to give MT. lol

Can anyone tell me the English word which has 7 consonants and only 1 vowel... (Difficulty: 1 on a scale of 10)

Hi Lyn, Here is one of my posts from a previous thread on the topic of articles. It might help. Posted: 03-30-2005 12:26 PM The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too...

An excellent reply, Jazz. I hope you won't mind if I expand on it a little. The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too much, as you will still be understood. First, we don't...

During the long linguistic history, I can only find three models of language. First one is Phoenician. We know that they invented the alphabetic system for the current alphabetic world. Yet they only recognized the consonants as information carrier. Then since Greek, the language recognized both...

Hello File Leech, welcome to English Forums, I would say that a syllable is a word or a part of a word that consists of one vowel or diphthong sound, with 0–5 consonant sounds on each side. e.g. help: 1 vowel sound = 1 syllable what's: 1 vowel sound = 1 syllable a: 1 vowel sound = 1...

Asia should have been left out of the choices if Mongolia is the answer. Otherwise there is no clue this is not in fact a geographical question and this is not an IQ question but a form of "what number am I thinking of" question. Any answer could be correct: France is to Europe as China is to...