Please help me to identify the part of speech of each of the following: 1. The gun barked loudly. 2. A sea of dead bodies. 3. A bullet whizzed past my face like a mosquito.
Hello! I would be grateful if you could write down the lyrics of the song below for me. Stephen Gately A Brighter Day - YouTube It only lasts for 3 minutes, with its repetitive...
Dear Mods, Hello! I'm sorry for not having asked you beforehand about where this post of mine should belong, but could you move my post to Audio & Speech section? I figure it...
A question to American Standard English speakers. Could you please tell, do you ever use glottal stop within one word (ca tf lap) or between the word boundaries ( a t the time...
I have a question concerning consonant digraphs and consonant blends: Are these two the same? Can consonant blend and consonant digraph be used interchangeably to mean the...
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For the life of me, I don't understand people saying MEY-GUH S. When you look at the word, it instantly reminds you of the word Magic. So you give it a hard MAG-US. Can someone...
What is the proper American pronunciation for " used to" and "did not use to"? Is the d in " used to" a /d/ or a /t/ ? Is the s in "did not use to" an /s/ or a /z...
Full,food, course, orders, record, cost, job, you, fool, wood, too, book, port, pot. Which sound do each word belong to? (a) /u/ (b)/u:/ (c)/p/ (d)/c/ ...
Hello everyone, Could you please tell me if I correctly selected the silent letters in the following words? 1. Whistle In the above word, "h", "t", and "e" are silent". 2. Write...
Are there any English dialects where the word "component" would be pronounced with the 1-st syllable stressed? Would be grateful if you helped.
Hi there! I'm a Spanish telecommuter working for a US company and hence with an American boss, so I think I'll often use this awesome forum to clear up idioms and pronunciation...
Hello everbody, I am watching a documentry on YouTube called History Cold Case - African Man's Skeleton , and at 16:32 the lady says something like "İf we've got some gutchering...
I would appreciate it if someone could let me know how to pronounce the following phrase in the connected speech. The reason for this question is I know that we should not pronounce...
I will thank you if you can let me know what he says on the gap? At 0.01-0.04 5777___________ Indiana ...
At 0.19 - is it normal for this ___ to be open Does the speaker say "store" or "door"? ...
Hi. Could you guess the nationality of the YouTuber from this video? His grammar seems to be OK, but he has a hilarious accent and pronounces, for example, "must" as [must]...
I cannot understand this particular fragment from 0:14 - 0:17:
Car 1. /kɑ:r/ (BrE) 2. /kɑr/ (AmE) 3. /kɒr/ 4. /kɒ:r/ Hi, I know that #1 and #2 are correct but how about #3 and #4? #3 and #4 are written by me. Can they also work?...
I am not sure how to ask this question. I know that the length of the "i" in the two words are different (pre-fortis clipping?), but how much different are they?
Difference between I confused I'm confused. Thanks in advance ...
When you say the United States in normal speech without any emphasis, do you pronounce the word the as thuh or thee? I know the rule that you pronounce the word the as...
Louvre Museum of France is very famous throughout the world. How is Louvre pronounced? Is it pronounced loo-ver or lov-er to rhyme with hover? ...
At 8:27 “... so few really [word?] compelling reasons ...” and at 1:16:51 “ ... and color all that [word/phrase?].” YT link: ...