By Vowels, Verbs

My students always have questions about this pronunciation feature. I know of four patterns that might help you predict where to pronounce 't' as a soft /d/.1. when a ‘t’ is between vowels when the preceding vowel is stressed in words such as: city, party, forty, water2. when a ‘t’ comes...

So then it's a consonant, I suppose.But then what are we to make of the people who wrote the rule on forming past tenses when they said:If a word ends in a single stressed vowel and a single final consonant (hop, sip, etc., and like bow or cow, presumably, if w is indeed a consonant), then...

Here's a quick recap. 8 lettersonly one vowel (other than "e") repeated twicemainly AmEyou can break it into two 4-letter words, which differ only in one letter (not sure about the grammar, sorry!)it can be noun, adjective and adverb (which does not end in -ly)For the noun:it's...

I can't see how many letters the word has. Can youremind us? >> Sure! 8 letters. Only two vowels (not "e"). Actually, the same vowel repeated twice.Does it have doors? Windows? >> There are lots of doors in it. And lots of windows, too.It is intended that you go inside...

Does it have a "e" in the word >> No. There's only one vowel in it (by the way, it appears twice) but it's not "e."Your word is a noun that can also an adverb or an adjective, right? >> Right.So, that does that mean that the adverb does not end in -ly?...

Does it start with a vowel or with a consonant?Does it have only one syllable or more than one?As a verb: is it something that we (humans) can do?

Thank you very much CJ, Zerox, and Carson. You all have given me very valuable advices. After reading through all you said carefully, and then watching a couple of English TV programmes, I believe I can now tell the difference! The ending /z/ in most cases are much shorter, voiced but less...

Anonymous wrote: Hello...can someone plse help me asap, the following are my questions.... 1. Why is the letter ' t ' not doubled in the word benefiting? 2. What rule or feature of English spelling appears in each of the following words? e.g. tape - the silent e makes the previous...

Hi Australian stranger! benefit :. ben·e·fit·ed also ben·e·fit·ted, ben·e·fit·ing also ben·e·fit·ting, ben·e·fits also ben·e·fits This is from "the free dict", so it can be doubled, I have always doubled it, actually (like the l in travelled) Anyway: verbs with the ending "fit"...

CalifJim wrote:I thought you were only looking for irregular verb forms.I am indeed looking for something like irregular verb forms. The comparison with bays, days, etc. is just a remark. But what is intriguing is that says is not an irregular verb. It is formed by just adding an s. It's...