The correct pronunication of your friend's last name is how HE pronounces it. The same is true for any name. For what it's worth, however, I have always pronounced McElroy as "Mackle-roy", just as your friend does. Even

Hi, let me help you, I am Canadian. First of all, there is the correct way to say numbers, and the everyday/slang way. The proper way is " and" means a decimal. You NEVER use "and" unless denoting a decimal. How about

I've been away from this forum for a while, and meantime I've enrolled for a five-year (gulp!) degree in English (which includes grammar, literature, linguistics, and so on) at a distance university. Right now I'm starting to delve

I'm sure they do compare -- somehow. But what is your question? Which 44 symbols are you talking about? Which Spanish sounds are you talking about? CJ

I'm not native but I do know that first of all you should learn the phonetic symbols and then with every word you look up you should try to pronounce it exactly.when you do this a lot then without any phonetic help you can read every word

1. Have you ever thought about retaining some aspects of your first language Generally speaking, no, because English is a separate language. Of course it's easy to make mistakes because of the influence of my native language, but as I said, I

I thought this was a fun and interesting find: a poem written by Dr. Gerard Nolst Trenité called "The Chaos", which demonstrates many of the peculiarities of English spelling. Apparently, if you can correctly pronounce every word in this poem, you

Using “a” and “an” Before Words Raphael asks: When should I use “a” and when should I use “an” before the different words? For example, should I say “a hour” or “an hour?” I stumble over this everytime and dont’t know if I’m getting it right, as

Hi, In short: 1) Learn the basic grammar and learn how to build your sentences. Get a grammar book. 2) Learn the basic vocabulary to express yourself. 3) Try to avoid mistakes, that is, use the simple English you are comfortable with. 4) Use

I was recently engaged in a discussion with a Bulgarian english teacher on Skype. I was telling him that I was good IN pronunciation and he immediately corrected me with "good AT". I was puzzled by this, so I googled about it. So I found