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There are phonetic and structural differences between Indian accents and American or British ones. The way Indians join words, the intonation patterns and weak/strong forms are all different. Phonetically Indians do not use long sounds or

Both sentences are grammatical. The first one is actually not really a question unless the speaker's intonation rises towards the end. Without the right intonation the sentence is just negative and is usually written without a question mark:

1. their /v/ is weak, since they have it as an approximant, which is weaker than a fricative. In Eng, it is a fricative. Even in english, /v/ can have its approximant as an allophone: this occurs probably in phrases like "five sixty",

hmm, the problem is that your native phonology is acting as filter. Work with some accent reduction coach first; after that, try to grasp the phology of spoken American English. Work on stress, rhythm, connected speech and intonation.

Anon: You tend to write very complex sentences that contain many different ideas. It is more powerful to express yourself in shorter single-purpose sentences with well-chosen words. I have made some suggestions for your consideration. Dear

Yes Avangi, there are a great many differences between the two. They even use searate dictionaries; Oxford English & Websters American Dictionaries. Some of the most common differences are tap/faucet, pavement/sidewalk & the boot of

Since we cannot determine whether a comparison is inherent in the first, would we also call that an absolute superlative? Whereof one cannot speak, one must remain silent. I feel like based on intonation, we may be able to indicate whether it is

Thank you, Jim. Your reply was most helpful. :) I had not thought of the absolute superlative usage as a point of comparison. The student directly asked what the difference was between the same sentence with and without "of the" Ballet

(In English O nly, or Only in English which one is correct?) Both are correct. Just don't capitalise the first only. Only can cause misunderstandings especially in written English and is one of the reasons English isn't the most exact