The only way to hear a difference is listening to contrasting pairs, in my opinion. Minimal pairs, you know. Beat - bit fool - full etc. If you have such major problems, then maybe you could start with an accent reduction course. For American

Hello again. Sorry for the delay. I was distracted by a horrendously written online encyclopedia. But, anyway . . . "This guy is a burglar! A wrong 'un in pants in the heart of Brazil." Wrong 'un means a person of bad character

Don't worry: native speakers don't agree on prepositions, either. Some say in/on an elevator; some say in/on a chair; and in California, you stand IN line, but in New York you stand ON line. Furthermore, there are some differences between

While and whilst are conjunctions whose primary meaning is "during the time that". An example is: The days were hot while we were on vacation. I read a magazine whilst I was waiting. While and whilst can nowadays legitimately be

Wow a forum on the internet that hasn't descended into a cacophony of internet acronyms, outdated meme's or disgusting language... Is this what heaven is like? Good on you sirs, good on you... I found this on Wikipedia as to the why of

Hello, I have a question. I have been studying English for some years now, and, at this moment, I have reached the point that, in my pronunciation of English idioms, I sound very near native, which is a good thing, obviously. However, over the

I have a British English vs. American English question: In AE, I would write Find more information at www.website.com In BE, should it be at www.website.com or on www.website.com ? Thanks!

Vctory: In the future. please post an essay one time only. Duplicate postings annoy the moderators and confuse the participants. If no one answers your post, you can reply to it, it will bring the post to our attention. Making shorter posts, for

Hi, I can't say anything about " they're moved in" as I have really never ever heard it or come across it in a book. What I can say is that " they moved in " is correct (at least, in British English). When in doubt

Hi, and welcome to Englishforums. I will move this thread to the section about pronunciation after you reply, OK? Because here we just post about grammar issues. Anyway, how sounds are produced depends on the dialect you are considering... there