What is the vowel sound preceding the final /z/ in words ending in es? Is it /ɪ/, as in the word 'is', or is it /i/, as in the word 'ease'? As in the word "is". Beach, Beaches = Beach is Case, Cases = Case is But when

It depends on the speaker, but some languages have a simpler array of sounds, and these, especially when they are vowel sounds, make the spoken language easier to comprehend. Spanish and Japanese are good examples of this, and are also good

does bang have a long or short vowel sound It's considered a short vowel (lax vowel), but -- at least in American English -- the ng that follows somewhat modifies it so that it doesn't sound exactly the same as the short a in cat to most

It depends what you mean by long and short vowels. I only know the definition based on the real length, and in that case "bang" would have a long vowel because the vowel is followed by a voiced consonant. But the distinction between long

does bang have a long or short vowel sound

a prefix drops its ending vowel to combine with another word part when and in what cases?

(S)he is probably speaking with Americans in a call center. The more American sounding, the better. The three biggest problems with Indian call centers are 1. there is too much background noise 2. the phone rep is speaking way too quickly 3.

There are no reputable English words without vowels. When a, e, i, o, u are absent, the letters w and y serve as vowels.

list some words without vowels?

I'm unclear as to when do we pronounce T as d. I heard rules like t between two vowels is supposed to be pronounced as "d", but what about par t y, shif ty , for example?