Dear Anon: Spelling reform has a very long and checkered history. You should read a bit about it if you are interested - there is a lot written on the subject. For example, Johanthan Swift and Benjamin Franklin proposed revised spelling systems,

hello EForums. 1- today ,i have a sentence i can't understand the meaning. here : "We're americans. We're not big on quitting ." What does "be big on quitting" mean ?Is it an idiom ? and what does the

here is the answer- given on the next page!!! I really struggled with this one.. She used to have long hair. Form: used to + base form of verb Function: Expresses

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.

Hi,Grammar Geek! Thanks for the help. Sorry, but in spite of writing flour I wrote floor . I heard the pronunciation of flower and flour at the site www.yourdictionary.com Interesting to notice that these words have different phonetic

Hi, there! Please, I have a question: I believe we write the school subjects in lower case . E.g.: I study g eography and m ath on Mondays and Fridays. I study h istory and s cience on Wednesdays. But in: E.g.

hi Ben, Polish phonology is rather adventurous, that's right. But it does not make English any simplier. It is just that with some languages you have to be able to produce special sounds and train your hearing to understand them (e.g. Polish,

As a learner of the Polish language I've come to accept that all consonant combinations are possible with enough practice. Ksenofobia is the Polish word for Xenophobia, pronounced exactly as it would be in English if a word-initial

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

syllable Segment of speech usually consisting of a vowel with or without accompanying consonant sounds (e.g., a , I , out , too , cap , snap , check ). A syllabic consonant, like the final n sound in button and widen , also constitutes a syllable.