By Prefixes, Pronunciation

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ).As regards other prefixes, "pre-" and "co-" still sometimes...

Hi,this is a fork of a thread where Jim said: CalifJim wrote:I'm not sure what your opportunities are where you live, but the solution, where possible, is to choose someone whose pronunciation you like and whose judgment you trust, and just pronounce everything the way they do. You can...

How To Learn English ? PART 2 Learning a language is mainly based upon self-struggle. Maybe the only thing to be done by the teachers on this subject is to advise a method. Because, in a sense, language cannot be taught but learned. So, it’s suitable that the students are shown ways to...

Who the charity help? -- Wrong Whom the charity help? -- Wrong Who does the charity help? -- OK, but considered informal. Whom does the charity help? -- OK and formallly correct. The only word with more than one syllable here is charity. The stress falls on the first syllable: /...

There are many rules governing the writing of compounds, and many exceptions to the rules. I would say that you should always first consult a good dictionary to see if the compound has an established form. From Webster's Third New International Dictionary, here are some of the rules...

As Mr. Micawber has mentioned, this transform is no longer productive in modern English. There are hundreds of such Latin roots which occur in such pairs. It would probably be impractical to try to learn all the patterns. Nevertheless, if that sort of thing interests you, you might try...

I don't know how many schwas there are when those of all languages are considered. In my opinion there are five in my own American English. IPA does not transcribe sounds quite so narrowly, as far as I know, so IPA would have only two symbols for all five, either the upside-down e or the lax...

Are only these prefixes (a-, non-, in-, dis-, un-) negative one? What about anti-, contra-, counter-, de-, ex-, and extra-? Aren't they sometimes negative, too? Do negative prefixes have influence on pronunciation?

Hi micawber, Thanks for your information. Meanwhile, do you know the reasons for their present usages like dis- in disappointment,un- in unimportant,etc.Are there any rules for their usages or just they are employed inaccordance to better pronunciation. praveen.