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 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

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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Rubbish (meant nicely, but). Shades of my old Eng Lit ... gem, but doesn't fit the scansion. Nothing more, nothing less. Okay, now what about this issue of the pronunciation? Ross implied that the "Lancasheer" pronunciation which

Speaking of "Devon", the absolute most strangest dialectal phenomenon I have observed in Chicago is that "Devon" is pronounced like "divine". Don't try to deny this, Kirsh! Well, if he won't I will. It's

Hey,dear firend,nice to meet you.I am a 19 year-old Chinese girl.Now I have some problem in learning English,I just wonder whether anyone could give a hand. Things here around me are really tough.Sometimes I feel I am lost in a forest and

Tell it to Mel Gibson... http://slate.msn.com/id/2095946/entry/2096184/ Pilate, who speaks Aramaic ... surprising, one must assume that divinity here trumps linguistic plausibility. Literate people of that day living in most parts of Europe or in

AUE Apocrypha Update... We've long sought a solid attribution of "ghoti = fish" to George Bernard Shaw: . Various cites have turned up from 1938 onwards, though nothing ties "ghoti" to Shaw until 1961 (more than a decade

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