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Forum: English Questions Aug 23rd, 2015, 11:42 pm
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Views: 2,288
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Reduced or not?

Dear members and friends.

''Are the unstressed ''short I sound'', which are adjectives, reduced to schwa in American English (AmE) in words similar to these ones when preceded by a stressed syllable...
Forum: English Questions Jul 20th, 2015, 04:16 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 6,444
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Re: Alveolar plosive, and alveolar stop also.

Thank you Susan53 for answering.

I know this is called yod coalescence; I posted a thread about it before. As you know, The consonant T is part of the plosive or stop consonants (p,t,k, b,d,g). The...
Forum: English Questions Jul 20th, 2015, 01:20 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 6,444
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Alveolar plosive, and alveolar stop also.

Dear members and friends.

In connected speech, as well as in isolated words, when the /t/ and /y/ sounds find each other, they assimilate the /tʃ/ sound as in ''nice to meet you''; I don't want to...
Forum: English Questions Jun 3rd, 2015, 12:41 am
Replies: 1
Views: 2,160
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Confused about the two clauses joined by the relative pronoun WHOM.

Dear members and friends:


It's clearly known that two clauses may be joined by a relative pronoun, thus turning the two clauses into one sentence

I need help in parsing/breaking down the sentence...
Forum: English Questions Jun 3rd, 2015, 12:33 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,486
Posted By THE APPRENTICE
Re: What's wrong?

Thank you for letting me know that, Little Sage
Forum: English Questions May 31st, 2015, 12:50 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,486
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Re: What's wrong?

Following are some of the comments made by members of the aforementioned forum.

(1) «Yup. Poor writing. "[Favorite big group word here (e.g. masses of, hordes of, etc.) (not necessary)] People...
Forum: English Questions May 30th, 2015, 11:41 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,486
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Re: What's wrong?

Thank you Susan53
Forum: English Questions May 29th, 2015, 11:17 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,486
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What's wrong?

Dear members:

What's wrong with the sentence below?

Some members from a grammar forum stated that the conjunction AS is doing a dirty work, and that the statement is bad writing.


"As hundreds...
Forum: English Questions May 4th, 2015, 09:43 am
Replies: 1
Views: 3,107
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Is present participle a reduced present progressive or simple present clause?

Dear members and teachers:


Is a present participle phrase really either a present continuous or simple present reduced clause?

(1) I can hear Lisset. She's talking to Luisana.

a - I can hera...
Forum: English Questions Apr 22nd, 2015, 07:18 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 7,932
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Re: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds

Thank you susan53

Does this also happen in British english (BrE)?
Forum: English Questions Apr 22nd, 2015, 08:58 am
Replies: 5
Views: 7,932
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Re: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds

Thank you susan53 for your valuable reply.

Regarding isolated words, it seems to me that ENDURE (en-dure) /ɛnˈdʊə(r)/ /ɪnˈdjʊə(r)/ does not take the yod coalescdence sound /dʒ/ because /d/ and /j/...
Forum: English Questions Apr 22nd, 2015, 06:32 am
Replies: 5
Views: 7,932
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Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds

Dear members and friends:

I° - According to what I have learned about the division of words into syllables or syllable-splitting rules (Syllabification):

A word whose first syllable contains a...
Forum: English Questions Apr 7th, 2015, 10:40 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 8,907
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Secondary Stress

Dear members:

My understanding about the secondary stress is as follows:

If a sound is neither stressed nor reduced, consequently it's neither weaker than the reduced sound nor stronger than the...
Forum: English Questions Apr 8th, 2014, 04:58 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 6,009
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Re: Schwa sound in main verbs that also function as auxiliary verbs.

You're just not a teacher; you're a very good teacher.
Forum: English Questions Mar 22nd, 2014, 10:29 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 2,259
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Answering questions

Dear teachers and members:


Though you make good replies, I find that answering a question in this forum takes too much time unless there is a scheduled time for questions to be answered.

I know...
Forum: English Questions Mar 22nd, 2014, 06:09 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 3,752
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Does GET USED TO always take a direct object with it or not?

Dear teachers and members:


I have learned that BE USED TO must be followed by a noun of a verb in its gerund form, but I have noticed that when BE USED TO is followed by a noun, it takes it as a...
Forum: English Questions Mar 10th, 2014, 12:09 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 5,455
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KINDLY and PLEASE in imperative sentences.

Dear teachers and members:


I have read that PLEASE can be replaced by KINDLY in a sentence, but I would like to know if in the following sentences and in imperative sentences it is possible.

1°)...
Forum: English Questions Mar 6th, 2014, 10:44 am
Replies: 2
Views: 6,654
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Reduction or omission of GOING TO and some grammar element in a sentence.

Dear teachers and members:


As stated in my title, I find that the auxiliary GOING TO is reduced or omitted in some sentences. I know about Reduced Adverb Clause, Incomplete Adverb and Noun Clause...
Forum: English Questions Mar 5th, 2014, 01:17 am
Replies: 0
Views: 6,059
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Primary and secondary stress in a sentence.

Dear teachers and members:


I would like to know if the primary and secondary stress are correct in the sentence that follows:

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BEYOND THE HEADLINES, EVERY CITY HAS A DARK...
Forum: English Questions Feb 23rd, 2014, 09:43 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 6,769
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Schwa sound in function words.

Dear members and teachers:


''We need a stressed syllable for a Schwa sound to exist, even in function words; otherwise there will be no Schwa''.

Function words unlike content words are those that...
Forum: English Questions Feb 20th, 2014, 09:22 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 8,873
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Re: Elision of phoneme /h/ in conversation.

Thank you Susan53

You're always willing help.
Forum: English Questions Feb 13th, 2014, 10:48 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 8,873
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Elision of phoneme /h/ in conversation.

Dear teachers and members:


In american English (AmE), in some multisyllable words the /h/ phoneme is silent or elided when it is isolated or in a conversation, but I am not quite sure if this also...
Forum: English Questions Feb 13th, 2014, 09:44 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 2,997
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Eception to the rule Flap or tap /d/ and /t/

Dear teachers and members:


In american English (AmE), when an alveolar /t/ or /d/ is intervocalic and the second vowel is unstressed, a flap or tap /t/ or /d/ occurs.

Matter; /ˈmærər/ City;...
Forum: English Questions Feb 13th, 2014, 09:33 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 10,540
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Re: Consonant clusters nt, nd, rt and rd‏. (part I)

Thanks a lot Susan53:

Your explanations are excellent.
Forum: English Questions Feb 13th, 2014, 01:14 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 9,206
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Re: Elision of Schwa sound.

Thanks Susan53

Your exposition is magnificent.
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