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

How many types and what are the vowel sounds in British English ?

Well, I think I'd need a variety tailored for me. British English with (sigh!) Italian vowels cropping up more frequently than I'd like to, plus a bit of Welsh twang every now and then (unfortunately, this is doesn't happen as much as

Is it true that in American English, the final vowel sound in CARRIED, VARIED, SOCIETIES and FAMILIES rhymes with that in FEET whilst in British, it rhymes with that in FIT? My examples above are verbs and nouns that end with an EE sound in their

I doubt I'd say 'I' as /ai/ in fast speech. More like just / ə /. That's a good point too, but it's not a schwa in my opinion. For me, it's the first vowel in the diphthong /aɪ/, as in "eye". In other words,

I do not think either the Brits or those in the U.S. omit any vowel sound in these words completely. ... speaker of English because you are likely to come across exceptions to this pattern in words commonly used as adjectives. No! No! No! You have

I reckon today many British English speakers pronounce 'Kind of' as 'Kine-uh', like Americans. When you pronounce 'Kind of' in that way and vowels are linked right after it, (like as in 'Kind of offensive') Would

The consonant is doubled if there is a short vowel between consonants in a stressed syllable: forge tt ing, swi mm ing If the syllable is not stressed, doubling doesn't occur: targe t ing No doubling occurs if the vowel is pronounced as a

Hi, it's pronounced in a variety of ways: Twenty (like in British English) Twendy (this d would be like the tapped t in "atom" for example) Tweny (no t) Twuny (no t and with a schwa vowel) etc. Can you read IPA? I say /twəni/ , no t

I tried, but failed. It's really difficult even though English is not my first language. I love how British English sounds, but I feel more comfortable and confident when I speak in American English. Besides, some vowels, like British