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We don't. Well I don't anyway. I pronounce the second "s" in "sides" as /z/. The reason for the extra vowel sound before the /z/ in "advantages" is simply because the "g" is soft, and the combination of soft "g" followed immediately by...

The author above is correct.Here is a rule that might help you in the future:“s” is pronounced as /z/ after these voiced consonant sounds and all vowel sounds/b/ tabs /d/ cards/v/ loves/g/ hugs/th/ bathes/l/ girls/r/ cars/m/ moms/n/ ...

.The usage has nothing to do with companies or any other context. It depends solely on the beginning sound of the next word or utterance. Here, LCI is pronounced /el si ai/, so the first sound is a vowel sound, hence: an LCI..

Let's take this a step at a time, Forbes... When looking at how a syllable is produced, one will never find an example in the English language of a syllable that is produced entirely by the LETTER W. It is for this reason (and the other one) that one cannot call the LETTER W a vowel. ...

It is unwise to rely on the etymology of a word to discern its meaning, or, if it has a range of meanings, to insist that the "original" meaning is somehow "more correct" . Words mean what they mean. In any discussion of the meaning of a word it is often instructive to look at...

It's spelled "Greenwich" (well, the ones I know are anyway). I'm from England, and I pronounce it "Gren-itch", with the first "e" pronounced as in "met". Some people in England say "Grin-itch", the "i" as in "bit". I...

Hi RainWoman, and welcome to English forums. Even though "one" starts with a vowel, the sound it makes it "w" sound, so you should use "a."

how do you pronounce all vowel in English with sounded, because I need this pronunciation for my test of phoneticthank you very much.bye bye

I was wondering what is the rule for the spelling of words that contain double consonants?For example:Do I spell the word "recommended" with two Ms or just one? (I am aware that its one M, but why?).Most of the time you can sound out a word to figure out a repeated consonant or vowel or...

My students always have questions about this pronunciation feature. I know of four patterns that might help you predict where to pronounce 't' as a soft /d/.1. when a ‘t’ is between vowels when the preceding vowel is stressed in words such as: city, party, forty, water2. when a ‘t’ comes...