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I wouldn't necessarily recommend someone learning English to learn a regional accent at all - not even south-eastern or estuary English (and that's not because I am from Newcastle, and biased (although I am from Newcastle!). People from different UK regions use different accents and...

Hi,if you mean "accent reduction" I can only tell you about one book I read (course with audio CDs), which is "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. It seems to be the best for American English. If you need something similar for other dialects, you could try to search on...

You might need an accent reduction course. Learn the sounds, learn how to connect words, learn to use a decent intonation, etc. It depends on the variety you want to learn though. For American English, I once read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. I found it vital for my English,...

Hi,if you are a native speaker and that's a feature of your dialect (and your cousin dialect too), then it can be considered ok. For example I think it's used in African American English. But since I suspect you are not a native speaker of English and you are probably not in an English...

Hello anon, I'm not sure why you chose to stand on your soapbox about the declining state of English on a post that was almost two years old, but you are mistaken. Regarding dive:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dive - usage Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past...

The fact is, how do we know they are typos? I was curious, and I just tried to look of "if you have chance" on myspaces, and there are very few compared to "if you have the chance", etc., but still, there are some. And many of them come form native speakers, mainly form the...

I agree with Jim. Native speakers decide what is correct. Of course, there are so many "kinds" of native speakers that you can't know everything about everyone's English usage... and not even about your own dialect, sometimes.Teacher: No, "my hair are black" is not ok....

Well, I assume that all British people know Standard English or the Queen's English as others call it.And what about the American varieties? I know there is a general American accent. But I heard there are also varieties of American English. So, are those varieties great when compared to the...

James- I think the differences all could be accounted for by dialect. In American English, I have been taught that the only syllabic consonants are l and n, but not m. all of the words above such as london and gordon could be pronounced with a syllabic consonant. The determinant for any sc is...

Ah, I didn't know you used British English... Since you mentioned Merriam-Webster, I thought you wanted to use American English.No, I don't think so, and it's what I've tried to explain so far. Just because a certain symbol is used, doesn't mean it has to sound exactly the...