when do we  exactly use the pronunciation dee or daa for the article "the"? ( daa ) is the British pronunciation. ( dee ) is the American pronunciation. But I don't think it sounds like a ( d ) but az ( Th ).

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

Read the article found in the following site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet . The article is mainly talking about British English Alphabet. The pronunciation is in the form of phonetic symbols. When they are talking about other

I agree. It actually really vexes me when people use "a" in front of an acronym. Even though the previous post has been up for quite some time, maybe someone will run across this and find it helpful. Here is my reasoning: So, yes, we all

I think you're referring to cases where a noun precedes and another noun follows on or about . on seems to be used more often when the following noun refers to an organized presentation of a subject -- a detailed, somewhat formal and thorough

I've noticed that the indefinite article "a" is often pronounced "ay" in speeches and on radio and TV. What's that about? Svatopluk Svatopluk, I don't think your post was clear enough to be sure of what you wanted

The English classes in East Asia traditionally have placed very little emphasis on listening and speaking skills. One consequence of this has been that these students take the TOEFL test and get a good score. Then they go to an American university

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I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, ... which pronunciation features have greater or lesser effects on comprehension? OK, a start would be http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron/global english.shtml#two

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