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Re: diphthong

Two vowel letters are something you can see with your eyes in a word like soul. Two vowel sounds is something you can hear with your ears only, not see in print: gave. In the last example there is only one written vowel, a. There may be languages in which diphthongs are pronounced even when they...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 186 days ago Difference between Expressions Vowels Phonetics Diphthongs
Re: diphthong

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:diphthong:(phonetics) a combination of two vowel sounds or vowel lettersmonophthong:a speech sound that consists of only one vowel soundtriphthong:a combination of three vowel sounds or vowel lettersThe above definitions use the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jackson6612 187 days ago Difference between Expressions Vowels Phonetics Diphthongs
Re: predicate nominative?

Kooyeen delights in pointing out that I'm in a 1% minority.LOL. That does sound like Kooyeen, all right! But we must allow him his freedom of expression! what do you mean by "correct"? - and what do you mean by "allowed"? - and what "register" would you like to represent?The lines are...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 210 days ago Predicates Expressions Nominative Phonetics
Re: How to remember all the vocabulary and use them well?

To remember words; you rely on mnemonics my friend. Memory is one of the wonders of the world , to understand it you must learn about it . The more one knows about memory the better s/he can take advantage of it. Back in the days we used the old fashioned method's . Simply looking at...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 239 days ago Vocabulary Numbers Expressions Phonetics
Re: English with Russian... Find a friend

Hi, Verade.I'm from Sochi, but now I live in Moscow. Moscow is the good city for pleasure visit, but very expensive. Where is your mother from? Is she from Ukrain?"God bless America" in Russian phonetic is - "Bozhe hrani Ameriku" I can't find transcription for this words, but I hope your mother...

ESL Chat, Make Friends, Meet Friendly People by Teroff 244 days ago Expressions Phonetics
Re: Should I pay attention to syllables?

Kooyeen wrote:Hi, this is a weird question. I'm back. I agree that from the few examples you've shown, MW's phonic renderings are by comparison more natural. For one thing they're more singable, which is to say each syllable leaves you with a singable sound on which you may dwell until...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Avangi 246 days ago Vowels Phonetics Phonics Expressions Resume
Re: short of a cow or a cabinet minister.

Hi, He can arouse enthusiasm in anything short of a cow or a cabinet minister. What does "short of a cow or a cabinet minister" mean? Tom shouted at Fred but stopped short of hitting him. This means what he did was...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 1 yr 21 days ago Expressions Phonetics
correct expressions?

Dear teachers, Would you please tell me which of the following sentences / constructions are correct? 1) The candidates’ level in phonetics was on the whole better than WHAT one could have imagined / expected. 2a) It must have been BECAUSE OF THE EMOTION that they were made to...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Hela 1 yr 85 days ago Dates Constructions Expressions Conditionals Phonetics

Hi, I had my final exam from the writing course as a home take-in, but the type of the essay sounded a little bit weird to me. Here is what my lecturer gave as information: Writing FINALWrite an evaluation essay on the following topicThe Self-Evaluation essay is a reflective essay assessing and...

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Re: Help!!Help!!

Ok this is my task, but i wana from u to organise and paraphrase it, please?? Really i will not forget ur help thanks alo0o0o0ot Historical linguistic: History and Development Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of...

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