In Prepositions^x, Accents^x

Wow, what a lot of nonesense.Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?Huh? What are you talking about? I was hoping nobody would ask, but since you did, I much...

Hi, this is interesting, it reminds me of something I read in a book for improving pronunciation (the famous "American Accent Training"). The title of the paragraph is "Spoon or Sboon?" She (the author) say: "Say spoon. Now say sboon. Hear how they sound the same?" This is similar to your p/b...

Hi ICU,I think it's usually pronounced uh-v, any other pronunciation would be strange, IMO. I'm not sure, but maybe I once heard something like off, that is, with an f instead of a v. Maybe I heard it in some audio file, searching some archive for pronunciation samples. If ever I heard it, I...

Yes, accent aside, it's hard to imagine not understanding a British English speaker. (Some of those folks from the Scottish highlands can be a bit tough for me to make out, accent-wise, and I expect a deep Cajun accent would be hard for a Brit to make out.) Someone who didn't realize she was...

Let me start by saying that english is not my first language. Anyway, I was reading this joke the other day: ********* A girl from Georgia and a girl from the west coast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from Georgia, being friendly and all, said, "So, where ya...

Englishuser wrote:I couldn't agree more: English idioms and spellings tend to be difficult even for many a native speaker! I would also like to add that the size of the English lexion makes learning English relatively difficult. Just out of curiosity: What exactly do you try to sound like on...

I saw this explanation from the Collins/Cobuild dictionary. P/S tell me why the underlined word get only stressed the letters "NA," not the whole word "banana." Sentence stress is an accent on certain words w/in a sentence. Function words, such as articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and...

lol! Yeah, I know what you're saying. I've been told my accent, both spoken and written, sounded "sexy", whatever it means... Of course, there are differences in the way of thinking. The perception of time is one example, the use of prepositions another. I am afraid the only way for an...

There are differences in accent, grammar and words. British accent needs no explanation if you've ever heard it. It is SO different from American. The main grammatical difference is Perfect Tenses. The Americans would say I just had a breakfast and Did you ever go to Spain. The British would...

Ending a sentence in a preposition is quite acceptable in both written and spoken English these days. In very formal text, one would avoid it. Consider, however, the alternative. The formal wording of this sentence would have to be: You will recall that, in German, it is similar to the sound...