a unique situation is correct. You have to go by the pronunciation, not by the spelling. yoo-neek is the pronunciation of unique . CJ

I don't remember ever having heard the word SCHLIMAZEL (though I may have and just simply forgotten it), but it reminds me of another word -- one which I've heard: schlemiel (Not sure of the spelling...)

There are a number of reasons. In some cases syllable breaks cause pronunciation differences. Consider: creature /kri.chr/ creation /kri.ai.shn/ In other cases stress patterns in a particular language dictate how words are pronounced. Consider

Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

For the third person singular, use s . It's pronunciation will depend on what comes before it: voiced consonant or vowel /z/; unvoiced consonant /s/. animals, cows; pets For a word ending in /s/ or /z/ sound , use es

hi khoff .thank you. but how can explain or say the spelling or pronunciation of the this word here? ı can not write.but the first syllable should be extend...

When she gets into the que question, she is a little misleading. 'applique' and' bouquet' are French words taken into English. The qu is pronounced /k/ in both words; the sound comes from the French ending (é in the first

American-English was British-English, except that it was altered significantly by all of the various influences (immigrants/languages from other countries) that learned to speak it in America. Everyone in the UK knows how to communicate in English

Apon is a Middle English spelling of upon . Many u- prefixes were spelt a- in Middle English. However after spellings were standardised, the a- prefix largely fell out of use. The correct spelling in Modern English is upon . Although, in many