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statement falling intonation yes no question rising intonation wh question falling intonation command falling intonation request rising intonation good practice record yourself immitating a real English native speakersdialogue pay attention to the main words stressed words ant to the pitches...

AArgh Is it really so different in English I m going to go crazy if I have to be careful of this difference too I ve never paid attention to this GG wrote gt gt You are assuming that what you want will be given to you not politely requesting it So do negative questions always sound like you re...

Marc Hey look The old lady is wearing a strapless bra John And your point is I am not sure of this I always use formal and long sentences I wouldn t utter this But I don t think with the right intonation it will be a problem in spoken English Marc Nobody told you Only hot chicks wear strapless...

CalifJim wrote For example all of the following are wrong Did everyone understand any questions Did you give both of them any help Are all of the employees expecting to take any vacation time during the coming week AArgh This thread literally made me swear lol Darn some and any they always give...

Hi So what would you advise Kooyeen with regard to the pronunciation of the words he asked about As far as specific lexical items are concerned I would advise him to look them up in an American dictionary More generally I would suggest he spend time training his ear in order to recognise all the...

Hi Anon what Jim said makes a lot of sense and we discussed it a little in another thread I think The point was that teaching completely descriptively is impossible The teacher would have to say Mr X says this Mr Y says that and Mr Z says another thing Now learn what they say and then decide what...

Yes exactly In fact I considered not putting a question mark at the end because usually it is pronounced with the intonation of a statement as though it had an exclamation point at the end But then I figured it is a question a rhetorical question I guess so it got the question mark Glad you like...

Hey Barb do you want to give this another look A lot of other people does sound like many people Without the word other she requries a lot of people the phrase could be used for someone with high expectations of others To me she requires a lot of people is just as likely to be misinterpreted to...

I ve seen i ve with a english lots of times I would agree with this only when have is used with a past participle I ve seen that I ve heard that I ve done that all sound fine to me But using I ve to show possession I ve an idea does not sound at all natural to me even with a particular intonation...

Hi In the first sentence I d use I ve an idea even with American English because I m picturing the person saying it very quickly she has just thought about it and she s saying it with a particular intonation In the second sentence i ve got is better because they person is saying it more slowly...