what do you think of pronunciation where the 2nd syllable sounds like 'noun'?

'how do you do' is not, usually, a question (the concept of question coming from pragmatics), although its form is, as you spotted, interogative (initial wh-word + subj.-aux. inversion). also, rising intonation, while not always co-occuring

listen to scottish radio stations. bbc radio scotland broadcasts online. that's no substitute for living there but.

i agree, its referent is the same as that of the NP 'the man in a black hat'.

Manohonor wrote: Is DATA pronounced /deita/ or /da: ta/? for what it's worth, i pronounce it the first way, although it's unremarkable to hear either pronunciation here (scotland), and members of my close family do pronounce it the second

Matress wrote: I think you didn't understand! I've intendend to share something that I learned with an excellent English teacher By the way - a Ph.D teacher. i'm impressed. any advance on a phd? sam

How2die wrote: About your second remark. True, Spencer is not the only contributor to the magazine, but so is Soury: he is not the only student in the world. No difference here either. in the first example, only two people are under

Matress wrote: successfully escaped is a typical redundant phrase. Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped ? Just say escaped . That's enough. you seem to cast redundancy in a negative light. why do you think this is so?

My2sense wrote: There is a distinction between error and mistake in linguistics. Simply said: A mistake i.e. a slip of the tongue can be self-corrected and an error cannot. An error is systematic i.e. likely to occur repeatedly and not

it's a character's name. i knew the story as 'chicken licken' when i was growing up. (swapping those words around would produce a quite different effect!) i can't remember having read it, it was past by word of mouth. sam, looking