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...in Japanese and Chinese there are a lot of words which...

There are certain English words which have to be pronounced differently depending on their function. If ''use'' is used as a noun, then it will be pronounced as ''u-ce'' where ''-ce'' sounds as in juice. On the other hand if ''use'' is used as a verb, then it will be pronounced as ''u-zed'' where...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jackson6612 1 yr 8 days ago Verbs Nouns Pronunciation
Re: accents

Anonymous wrote:Ok, I see you didn't get it. I will repeat it again. Accents and intonation aren't the same things. You can emphasize something without speaking a perfect accent, let's say American one. Just rise a pitch of your voice at the right place. This doesn't depend on a concrete...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Cvilla 1 yr 30 days ago Intonations Accents Pronunciation Nouns Pronouns
Any online dictionaries to check Latin Words' pronunciation?

I know this is an English forum; and I'm reading English medical textbooks. But in those books I encounter a lot of Latin words (especially nouns for diseases and materia medica). I don't know how to pronounce them. So are there any online dictionaries available for us to check the pronunciation...

Medical English by Maple 1 yr 42 days ago Pronunciation Nouns
Re: How to distinguish between long vowel and short vowel in stressed syllable

There’re phonic generalizations; there’re no hard-and-fast rules. There’ll always be exceptions. Syllabification is a very controversial and contentious subject. Unfortunately your final answer - I hate to admit - lies in any authoritative pronunciation dictionaries taking into consideration any...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Buddhaheart 1 yr 42 days ago Vowels Pronunciation Nouns Phonics

Re: Disorientated or Disoriented?

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source dis·o·ri·en·tate /dɪsˈɔriənˌteɪt, -ˈoʊr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation —Related forms dis·o·ri·en·ta·tion, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House,...

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Re: Proficiency alongside "poverty".

Forbes wrote: Cool Breeze wrote:Fortunately English is structurally so simple... ?Hi ForbesIn the days of Old English the grammar of the language was more complicated than it is today: nouns had three genders, and there were even strong masculines as there are in modern German, 's' wasn't the...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Cool Breeze 1 yr 77 days ago Nouns Verbs Tenses Grammar Plurals Negatives Spelling Pronouns Pronunciation Genders Relative pronouns
Re: Same spelling different pronunciation

If you know the formal international pronunciation rules and can read the transkripts in the dictionaries, it will not be a problem I guess. Just know whether it is used as verb, noun or adjective.

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Doll 1 yr 90 days ago Pronunciation Verbs Nouns Spelling
Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

Saska wrote: Guest wrote:Why many foreign speakers have such problems with the English language? I mean, I came to the U.S. about two years ago, and in the beginning I've had problems with the language (probably just like eveybody else), but what makes English such a difficult language to...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Bldudas 1 yr 90 days ago Vowels Pronunciation Numbers Nouns Articles Definite articles Pronouns
Re: clothes = pronunciation??

Is it true that clothes is pronunced without the th sound??To return to the original question: Kekel, Just in case there was some misunderstanding, clothes is pronounced without the th sound when it is a noun! As a verb, the th sound is present in all forms: I clothe, you clothe, he, she,...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by CalifJim 1 yr 96 days ago Pronunciation Verbs Nouns

a couple of questions

Why are the fat written words wrong? Firstly, I want to enlarge upon the common reason. = to elaborate On the morrow day=The following day There are lots of worthless and baseless cruel murders. = groundless Both of the main characters= the two main characters Lead...

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