By Grammar, Pronunciation

Re: Posh accent!

English has many different accents. It seems that a 'correct' accent is often seen as "posh". This means that people who speak with correct grammar and what is known as 'received pronunciation' (BBC English) are deemed posh. In general it makes certain sounds unheard...

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Re: the door vs the brakes

I beg, implore, and beseach you to not use our dear president as a model for any type of grammar (or pronunciation, or idiology, or ... really, just don't use him as an example of anything). Here is an ascending list of force. She tapped at the door. (Picture finger tips, perhaps for a...

Re: AMERICANS PLEASE HELP!!

First, study a lot to improve your grammar and enrich your vocabulary.Second, do as many things as you can in English. This includes reading books and magazines, watching films and TV programmes, listening to music and radio etc.Third, improve your pronunciation (practice, practice,...

Re: Help tragic/tragical!!

Hi Barbara 'Tragical' can be found in this dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. tragical SYLLABICATION: trag·i·cal PRONUNCIATION: trj-kl ADJECTIVE: Tragic: “You take too tragical a view of...

Re: Diva

Hi New2grammar The following is for your information. It answers your question.Main Entry: di·va Pronunciation: \ˈdē-və\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural divas or di·ve \-(ˌ)vā\ 1 a: prima donna 1 b: prima donna 22: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality...

Re: What's the difference??

Here's part of the article I've read. Your teacher may have had a point in letting you off the hook each time you make errors. Basically, there are two types of errors, namely Global Errors and Local Errors. Linguistically defined, Global errors are those grave errors that impede...

Re: E-mail notification problem

Well, I quoted Chuck Berry: «Now you can't catch me, baby you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze» «The notifications work fine from this thread for me as well. But not from the Audio - Pronunciation and Basic Grammar...

Re: How do you pronounce "L.A." as in Los Angeles?

Hi,you are making a distinction between eh-lay and ell-ay, which is actually important, even though in American English sometimes it's not a big distinction (I think in some cases the actual pronunciation is somewhere in between). Well, I usually take that distinction into account, and in...

Re: Poll: British English vs American English

When I attended school in the late Middle Ages, I never wondered whether I was taught British or American English. I suppose I was taught both: differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. I find it strange that anyone would like to confine his knowledge of the language to just one...