What's your point? I made an implicit point: it is not cognitively productive to remember pronounciation for every word. What learners should be taught: a set of heuristics to find possible pronunciations for a word. Mastery of phonetics (or

Dear teachers, Is there a reason why the suffixe "ed" in participles / adjectives is pronounced "id" whether the consonant is voiced or voiceless ? example: "wicked, learned, beloved, aged" Would you please give me more? Many thanks, Hela

Being new to this group, I apologize if this question is not appropriate here. Would the best candidate for the spelling of the word describing the science, study or theory of the sport of Rugby be: Rugbiology Rugbeology Rugbyology Rugbology Are