By Pronunciation, Hyphens

Yet d alone can't make a syllableWhy can't it make a syllable by itself?...unless it's pronounced as when we say the name of the letter DOf course, you will pronounce it as you pronounce the letter D. What other way is there to pronounce it otherwise?In my suggested pronunciation I...

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ).As regards other prefixes, "pre-" and "co-" still sometimes...

Kooyeen wrote:And I'm 100% sure that if I know it, I definitely don't know it can be spelled two ways. Kooyeen, you have (at least) one of these too! I guess we should focus on that. We said it's not a difference between BrE and AmE, so not "ou" spellings. Tanit asked if it's a hyphen that makes...

Yankee wrote:Kooyeen, you should be able to get this one. I'm 100% sure you've seen the word recently. And I'm 100% sure that if I know it, I definitely don't know it can be spelled two ways. I guess we should focus on that. We said it's not a difference between BrE and AmE, so not "ou"...

I see, thanks. I usually use Merriam-Webster online for pronunciation, but often I find some other alternative or possible pronunciations, so I never know what to choose (for words I never heard or that I'm not likely to hear, like "Pythagorean", etc.)By the way, it's really "codomain" (no...

From www.m-w.com syllable 1 : a unit of spoken language that is next bigger than a speech sound and consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or of a syllabic consonant alone or of either with one or more consonant sounds preceding or following 2 : one or more letters (as syl, la, and...

TEST YOUR SKILL Once you've learned to correctly pronounce every word in the following poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. If you find it tough going, do not despair, you are not alone. Dearest creature in creation,Study English...

There are many rules governing the writing of compounds, and many exceptions to the rules. I would say that you should always first consult a good dictionary to see if the compound has an established form. From Webster's Third New International Dictionary, here are some of the rules...

The tendency is for hyphenated words to eventually lose their hyphen (e.g. to-day, good-bye) but in the case of "cooperate" I think the retention of the hyphen is advisable, as an aid to pronunciation and understanding. To me, "cooperate" looks like the rate charged by a cooper (barrel maker)...

Hello. Maybe you've already seen this little poem called The Chaos on the Internet... It's pretty useful to learn pronunciation and rhythm. Maybe one of you could read the it little by little, no matter if it's gonna take a month or a year... it would be intersting. Thank you. Buggah The...