By Vowels, Prepositions

I would say ACCEPT starts with a reduced vowel that is lower (on the IPA chart) than the vowel in EXCEPT. I would say that, too. And, Amy's example notwithstanding, except is so seldom used as a verb that I don't think there's much difficulty disambiguating the two in most contexts. I mean,...

Hi, this is interesting, it reminds me of something I read in a book for improving pronunciation (the famous "American Accent Training"). The title of the paragraph is "Spoon or Sboon?" She (the author) say: "Say spoon. Now say sboon. Hear how they sound the same?" This is similar to your p/b...

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Science_guru wrote: Sweety_pudding wrote: i think of and off just looks like earchother.. I don't agree with this. In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off" "of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son of Mr. List. "off" is an adjective meaning "not in operation"...

Ending a sentence in a preposition is quite acceptable in both written and spoken English these days. In very formal text, one would avoid it. Consider, however, the alternative. The formal wording of this sentence would have to be: You will recall that, in German, it is similar to the sound...

The following question is the subject of debate in our office: You'll recall that in German it is similar to the sound you would get if you added an "e" after the vowel it is over. Ending the sentence in a preposition seems incorrect. Is anyone able to help? Thanks, Tim

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a noun which is usually expressed by the article. In...