In Auxiliaries^x, Vowels^x

Thanks a lot, I think I understand.Yes, I usually notice this at the beginning of questions, and only before "you", and maybe "your". How weird English is... oh, well, I already knew it was, LOL.It always bother me when I can't recognize some sounds or figure out what kind of vowel is actually...

Ok,I started to listen to more complicated stuff (movies), and... I have trouble! I can't hear the sounds, I can't hear the syllablles. I notice strange features... Ok, let's get started. Here's some important points, I just need some advice about them, some comments on them. You will need to...

8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun. The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be used...

Nestor_fes wrote: 8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation). Although 'one' begins with a vowel, it is pronounced with the sound of a consonant - 'w'. 9. Miss Justine Fair listened to the two Chilean students...

Hello Hanuman (I'm not entirely certain about this, since these are not phrases I'm familiar with, but your post is drifting unanswered towards page 4, so I'll do my best.) I would take 'strong' in the context of verbs to mean 'verbs that don't simply add '-ed' in the past participle...

Some words, not only verbs, that are used a lot in speaking, have one weak sound and one strong sound. Weak forms are used in 'connected speech', that is, when you are having a normal, everyday conversation or when they are in the middle of a sentence. For example, the weak form of the verb...

I guess I should maybe explain this: The reason is not a grammatical one, eg that they are auxiliaries, but sooner a historical one: (It's a bit difficult but be patient while I'm trying to explain it *lol*) Ok here we go: First of all you certainly have seen, that, beside the missing -s for...