The study of human speech sounds is called phonetics . Phonetic alphabets are used to represent the sounds we speak. Words can have more le...
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Sounds vs. spelling
Pronunciation is not predictable in English. It may be more predictable in other languages, but there are many situations in English where ...
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Common English misspellings and errors
Here are some English words which are commonly misspelled and/or mispronounced. Words that appear in red are considered incorrect. mischiev...
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Foreign expressions misinterpreted?
When English borrows certain expressions or phrases from other languages, we are sometimes not used to those expressions and have some troub...
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Multiple Meanings: Homonymy vs Polysemy
In a previous post, polysemy (the multiple meanings of words) was discussed. How does this differ from homonyms , which are words that are...
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