By Vowels

I was wondering what is the rule for the spelling of words that contain double consonants?For example:Do I spell the word "recommended" with two Ms or just one? (I am aware that its one M, but why?).Most of the time you can sound out a word to figure out a repeated consonant or vowel or...

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...

I would use "of". But in most circumstances I would probably write: Use the HREF attribute of the <A> tag. or Use the <A> tag's HREF attribute. If you're sure that you want "a" rather than "the", then it should be "an HREF attribute"...

t is not pronounced d after an s or a c and in many other situations. A vowel, including r-colored vowels, must precede and a vowel must follow, and the stress must be in the syllable before the t. See How to pronounce a 't' in American English and following posts for more details than...

Yes I am little confuse now in between articles. Mr. Wordy what if i used sheet and mattress for the 1st time. Article A won't look like repeating or odd ?Its wooden frame supports a bouncy mattress and is completely covered with a silky sheet like a sponge cake layered with cream.And some...

The T will often become a D after an R or between vowels, which are voiced, although not if it comes at the end of the word. Congradulations. Petals (on flowers) will sound like pedals (on a bicycle). Mister - the T comes after an unvoiced S. (You also left out the S in your suggested...

Hi allI have got a very simple question. Why are we using "a user" and not "an user" even while "u" is a vowel.Thanks in advanceAravind

You say "an LTTE spokesman" because you say "el-tee-tee-ee." That is, when pronouncing LTTE, it starts with a vowel sound. How something sounds is what determines the use of a vs. an, not what the letter is. (If in fact you say LTTE as "leet" or "lee-tee"...

I do not think it necessarily is.If we start with a definition that a vowel is a sound articulated without any obstruction of the vocal tract and that a consonant is a sound that is articulated with an obstruction, then we do not have any difficulty deciding that /a/ is a vowel and /k/ is a...

You've got it backwards. The grammarians who apply the rules are trying to make sense of something that develops organically. The terms that are applied to the phenomenon of language are far more concrete than the rules that are created by observation of its use. The reason this...