The rules for doubling consonants are located at Re: Rules for doubling the... . CJ

Could anybody tell when should I double the last letter and when I should double the last letter Hi, I hope you'll like the following excerpt from AskOxford . (When it comes to English grammar, beware of general rules ... more often than not

Actually, I gave you a simplified version of it. Both being followed by multiple consonants and being tense (a so-called "long" vowel) make a vowel a good candidate for being stressed. I see. That makes sense. This was first brought

This is new to me! Is there any reason for that? Actually, I gave you a simplified version of it. Both being followed by multiple consonants and being tense (a so-called "long" vowel) make a vowel a good candidate for being stressed.

Hi CJ and Clive Thank you very much for your replies. Inspired by what you said, I tried to find words with the australo- prefix and -venator suffix and finally found a few. Af ro ven ator (meaning African Hunter)

Hi Amy Thank you so much for your feedback. The fourth line should be "Knock at the door". Yes, that would be a big problem if my initial N's consistently sounds like L's. I guess I need to increase the nasalization of the

If I tried to pronounce it, I would come up with aus tralo ven' ator win to nen' sis I believe I've heard the prefix australo- pronounced that way in other words. In any case, I would try to keep the discover's name intact

I'm from RI and we never pronounce the letter "r" at the end of a word or when followed by a consonant. How can I change my accent to properly speak words such as car, which I would pronounce cah. Thanks, Cindy

hi there, I've been on this phonological problem for about 3 days. All I got are a big question mark and a terrible headache... PLZ help: I have three sets of data from Latin and i m asked to give underlying forms and write rules to account

I won't argue with you, of course you're right, you're a native Italian! You can argue! After all, Italian has many variants and I can speak only for mine. After doing some search on the internet, I've found this dictionary where