Yes, there is - at least a fuzzy one *g* Your 'rule' is generally correct as it is very often true for "Germanic" words, e.g.: fa-ther, e-vening, ba-con, etc. The first syllable of a word is almost always stressed (Germanic Initial Stress) and

Calif, you did a good job: It is indeed about 150-200 verbs which are regarded to be strong today (not included are those with prefixes). Any list of today's English verbs usually consists of maximal 200 strong ones, about 120-150 of them are

Can you use light as a totally weak verb already? As far as I know, the strong form "lit" is still used and can't be replaced by lighted, except it is used adjectively: "A lighted candle".

Yesterday I was zapping across the TV channels and came to CNN where they were showing some Olympic statistics -> They said that Argentinia hasn't "medalled" yet. It was the first time I ever heard (and saw) "medal" to be used as a verb, also

Hello Nicolle, Miriam, and CalifJim Also for me, this was a very difficult point in English. I was explained it the same way as CalifJim did by my teacher once: Actually, I learnt that a question is answered in the same tense that was also

Two "p"-Sounds?? What do you mean by that? What is the 2nd p-sound??

>>> I think this whole issue is a bit funny. Just because many people say "nike" as in "mike" doesn't really make it "right", does it? >>> Nike is an American company, established in Eugene, Oregon, in the US, about 30 years ago. That is why

"My family is spending its vacation in the east." I know that here is a difference between American and British English, as "family" is understood either as a collective noun, seen as 'ONE group', so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in

' you like tea? I hope I could help you out, greetz Pemmican

To complete the correct pronunciation: Keep in mind that n French, the "r" is a very strong, but voiced pharyngeal sound.