Hi Can anyone explain to me the derivation of the difference in pronunciation between the oo in door being pronounced as in or but the oo in doom is pronounced as ooh My apologies for my examples of pronunciation but I hope you

Hi Charlene, I really had no intention of being unkind or of making fun of you, so I'm sorry that you feel that was my aim. I hope that you will continue to participate in the Forum, and look forward to reading your comments in other

Thank you Philip and GG--and I understand the points. Sorry, GG, I wanted to write " Quo "--that all words starting with " quo " are treated like the start of " co at". Many books written by Indian/Pakistani authors

I'm sorry, but I cannot think of any word to define the mistake with 'alloweded'-- it is just a slip of the tongue, it seems to me. No exercise is needed; just explain to the student what has happened (the student has duplicated the -ed ending in

I was watching an episode of "7th Heaven" a minute ago, and came across pronunciation that I couldn't figure out. The story was up to the point like this: (episode title: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil) Annie and Matt, her

Hi I didn't mean to undermine your answer. I'm sorry if I implied such a thing, but I was merely giving an example and saying that, given the actual pronunciation of most of these suffixes, I find it more logical to use -ize, since people

hmmm actually sometimes this -ize or -ise confused me damn alot!! like a confusion Of apologISE or apologIZE !!!anybody got a tip ?? If I may add something to this disccusion. I have frequently read articles written by Britons who use -ize, just

Hi I am aware that there are (at least) two pronunciations of the word " beloved". ( Sorry, I don't know how to show them in symbols, but I'll try! ) Beloved: bi-l^ vd (ends the same way as the third form of the verb

Hi,Grammar Geek! Thanks for the help. Sorry, but in spite of writing flour I wrote floor . I heard the pronunciation of flower and flour at the site www.yourdictionary.com Interesting to notice that these words have different phonetic

Hi, My Wordy! Thanks for helping me. Sorry, in spite of writing flower and flour , I wrote floor . I heard the pronunciation at the site www.yourdictionary. com Best wishes, Andreas