By Verbs, Accents

There's some truth in that article. My parents, for instance, used to speak in Sardinian (not a dialect, but recognised as an endangered language by the UNESCO) when talking to each other or to their relatives, but they would only speak Italian with my brother and me. I grew up monolingual,...

The noun, in the first sentence, has the accent on the first syllable. PRAW-gress. (American pronunciation) The verb, in the second sentence, has the accent on the second syllable. pruh-GRESS. (Also American) Did you mean pronunciation, or did you mean something else?

Your examples are not really completely finished. I want to go back to college to finish my B.S. degree in mechanical engineering next semester. This is casual statement of intent. I is an adverb which modifies the adjacent verb, adjective or another adverb. It accents the tone of a...

Hi K.,I spent a whole year in the UK, doing a postgraduate course. To make things worse, I chose to go to Wales because Cardiff Uni is at the cutting edge in my field. Have you ever heard somebody speaking with a Welsh accent? For the first two months there, I only wanted to cry... In spite of my...

Dear all, All passages below are from “Crazy English” – by Richard Lederer, POCKET BOOKS. (I tried to find an Internet link, but failed. So please pardon me for the length of the text, which I believe would be very informative). “HETERONYMS – words with same spelling as other words but...

1) "We were paid more in tips than on hours."; 2) The employee receives (or earns ? ) U$ 12,00 per hour; (in this case are both verbs acceptable ?); either is ok 3) Nowadays the students have much better Polish than three years ago; ok 4) Should we say on the beginning or in the beginning ? ;...

Hello, Here some questions I'd like you could correct : 1) "We were paid more on tips than on hours."; 2) The employee receives (or earns ? ) U$ 12,00 per hour; (in this case are both verbs acceptable ?); 3) Nowadays the students have much better Polish than three years ago; 4) Should we...

I think he did a good job. Except he made a mistake with a verb. I would say he has an american accent that a foreigner would speak though, but it is a good impression, and I won't criticize him for it.

Hi,what your name? What you waiting for?I don't know if this is a matter of pronunciation, but it's strange. I often hear seantences like those as:Whuch your name? - Instead of "what's your name"Whuch you waiting for? - Instead of "what are you waiting for"Now, I think it can't be a matter of...

The words listed below have the property you're talking about, Maple. Compared to the thousands of verbs in the English language, there really aren't that many. Yet, when faced with the list, it is a lot of words to learn! This is not an exhaustive list. Maybe others can add to...