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AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with
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elena_osullivan
63 days ago
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I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are
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califjim
183 days ago
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Hi everyone! I've read people can omit /t/ sounds when speaking in informal situations. Could you help me? What do you know about this? Is this true? There's even a rule saying " In informal speech we sometimes omit the /t/ when the
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Yes, there are regional variations in American English. Do you know which accent is chosen by MW as the reference in the pronunciation keys. Is it General American? My problem is that, as I have mentioned before, they are indeed denoted
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Hi David, here you can find some stuff about American English. Vowels, consonants, lots of stuff... http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html On that website there's also a link to this page, where the states are pronounced.
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I'd say that there is a slight difference between the US and UK pronunciation of the word. The first syllable of Europe in British English is generally pronounced with the diphthong / / while in American English it is simply with the vowel / /.
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Anonymous wrote: >>
Only one exception, after (the attachment was from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
after
the sounds OK: /fd/
the sounds like /ft/ << Nope. There is no difference where it comes to the
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>> Only one exception, after (the attachment was from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
after
the sounds OK: /fd/
the sounds /ft/ << Nope. There is no difference where it comes to the pronunciation in North American
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Maple wrote: I guess the more difficult part of contraction for
us is the listening. When you native speakers' speech speed is
normal, some sounds are omitted, some are swallowed and some are
combined, the sentences are a mess to my ears.
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>> hat, bat, bad, bag, ad, add <<
In some dialects ad, add and or bag would not work. If you're learning North American English, you could use the Inland North pronunciation of for all instances of /æ/. Many dialects pronounce
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