"the break even point analysis is all right if you have a one product business"?. Just pay extra attention to this point a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a car, a stare, a dog, a cat ... an + singular noun

I don't recommend that site for any one. It is full of crap when it comes to AmE. Use either M-W and reference.com dude in AmE = 'dud Notice the yod-dropping, that is, no /j/ (in IPA) after alveolar consonants. What do you mean? I

instruction. >>I don't have any >> formal ESL training or ... as something they could reference while working on their pronunciation. Well, looking up EIL or Jennifer Jenkins on Google Scholar could set you in the right direction.

I wonder if there are any speakers of a variety ... the "Ef" pronunciation. Is he from Scotland or somewhere nearthere? I don't know, but I still want to know what that ferocious-sounding interjection is that all the MPs utter

Yes, but why do American dictionaries choose *my* pronunciation oversomeone from Alabama, or Massachusetts, or Wisconsin? There are glaring anddrastic differences in pronunciation from region to region. Not sure if this helps, but from

I have encountered the pronunciation "Walla!" for "Voilà!" before, andfound it to be puzzling. Now, reading this thread, the light ... "(pneumatic) tire" ) and the /sts/ combination at the beginning of the Esperanto

Many New York named streets were re-named once or more. And that's even without renaming having been directed by any foreign occupying forces. How 'bout the British? E.g. 'de Heerenstraat' => 'Broadway'. In some cases

Irma > misc.education.language.english in Is there more than one phonetic alphabets? AFAIK, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the international standard. If you are using a newsreader with Unicode support ("40tude Dialog"

While it was 23/11/03 10:39 pm throughout the UK, Pat Durkin sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: My practice: Standalone "A", if it is an adjective or ... converts to "an": An historical, an

During lunch with my German colleagues today the following question arose: why is it that English has adopted a German ... a particular breed of long-bodied, short-legged German dogs, when German itself does not use this word for the same breed?