If vowels in a language are few,then it is hard to understand that language. and as I said "Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words." No, because "few vowels" means there

Could anybody tell when should I double the last letter and when I should double the last letter Hi, I hope you'll like the following excerpt from AskOxford . (When it comes to English grammar, beware of general rules ... more often than not

Actually, I gave you a simplified version of it. Both being followed by multiple consonants and being tense (a so-called "long" vowel) make a vowel a good candidate for being stressed. I see. That makes sense. This was first brought

This is new to me! Is there any reason for that? Actually, I gave you a simplified version of it. Both being followed by multiple consonants and being tense (a so-called "long" vowel) make a vowel a good candidate for being stressed.

I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are

I'm Italian, Yeah, I bet. For the record, here's the opening lines of a letter I wrote on the 6th July. "Dear Toni..." For a group with this volume of activity the balance of probability suggests that's rather too

Wonder about the Russian language thesaurus. I've read that the Russian language is the toughest to learn. I had a wonderful book on the origins of language. The author said "What to learn Russian? Be born in Russia!" To use the old

Hi everybody, In one of my classes, I am doing ... post it here. Thank you in advance for any help! If you think about the meanings of "allophone" and "phoneme," you'll realize this is an impossible request. What

So in these examples below, what's important is the length of the vowels, not the difference of the last consonants: ... - laid set - said brought - broad pick - pig back - bag lock -log dock - dog I could be dead wrong, but for most of those

I distinguish between "have" and "halve". Interesting. I can't even think what distinction might be made (assuming you don't pronounce "halve" lambdically I pronounce the "l" in "palm" but