Relative pronouns
A pronoun that introduces an adjective clause is called relative pronoun. The relative pronouns in English are which, that, who, whom, and whose. Who and...
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Sounds Used in Pronouncing English
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Sounds Used in Pronouncing English Phone, Phoneme, Allophone Phone: noun: 1. sound. “Recognizable speech sounds are called phones.” -phone: suffix: combining form that means...
What is Aspiration in Pronunciation?
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What is Aspiration in Pronunciation? Aspirate: transitive verb: A. To pronounce with the initial release of breath associated with the English “h”, as in...
Whose or Who`s
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Whose and who’s are another two words that can be bewildering for ESL learners. In speaking they are pronounced the same, but when it comes...
Suffixes Spelling Rules in English
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A suffix is a letter (or letters) added at the end of a word and add a certain meaning to the word. Remember adding a...
What are Noun Clauses in English
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We already have talked about independent and dependent clauses. We studied that depend or subordinate clauses are subdivided into three parts: 1.Noun Clause 2. Adjective Clause 3....
Kinds of Paragraphs
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We already have talked about paragraph and paragraph writing. In this article we will talk about kinds of paragraphs. Basically there are four kinds of...
What is Paragraph in English?
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What is Paragraph in English? Definition: A subdivision of a written composition that consists of one or more sentences, deals with one point or gives...
Apostrophe Before S or Apostrophe After S
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Many English learners have difficulty with using apostrophe. They are not certain where to use an apostrophe and when to use an apostrophe. In the...
American pronunciation of TH
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The most common word in the English language is “the”, so after the schwa, [th] would be the sound you would hear most often, which...