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WilliamTaft
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pronunciation of "are"
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A clip from Oxford University Press - Open Forum 1-4. The text is: Hi! Are you busy? I can not hear the word "are." Is it there?
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5jj
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I know (a) Tom who lives in the States, but I don't know (a) Tom who lives in China
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a. I know Tom who lives in the States, but I don't know Tom who lives in China. I don't find this natural. b. I know a Tom who...
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Maybo
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preposition
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It isn't. the secondary stress on the first syllable is quite strong, but not as strong as the primary stress on the third syllable.
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5jj
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preposition
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It isn't. the secondary stress on the first syllable is quite strong, but not as strong as the primary stress on the third syllable.
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tijay1
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I know (a) Tom who lives in the States, but I don't know (a) Tom who lives in China
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Could you please help me to understand the difference between the following sentences: a. I know Tom who lives in the States, but I...
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Maybo
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Diary - This early morning, I woke up to an intermittent plastic noise.
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Why should I use "and"?
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Maybo
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preposition
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I feel like the Cambridge one is "PREpoSition". The oxford one is "prepoSITion".
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Silverobama
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Chatbot tools are a bonanza of.....
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Much appreciated, emsr2d2. It's very helpful. I still have some questions after reading your comments and corrections several times...
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emsr2d2
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preposition
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I don't know what that means. Pitch has nothing to do with stress. For example, some localised variants of English use a higher pitch...
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Maybo
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preposition
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I heard some speakers have higher pitch on "pre" and some are lower. In examples of Cambridge dictionary, I heard the speaker stressed...
55 minutes ago
emsr2d2
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A survey about cultural differences and features of perception of slogans (All welcome)
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If the survey is now anonymous, how do you know that it was specifically 5jj's responses that were helpful?
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emsr2d2
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a Tom who lives in the States
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It's not ideal to hijack someone else's thread. The thread was started by Hansman so their follow-up questions would be appropriate...
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Maybo
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Diary - This early morning, I woke up to an intermittent plastic noise.
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In that case, you woke up to the sound of water dripping onto plastic bags. There's no such thing as "plastic noise".
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tijay1
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a Tom who lives in the States
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Thank you for your correction. Yes. Between these two sentences: a. I know Tom who lives in the States, but I don't know Tom who lives...
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emsr2d2
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Diary - This early morning, I woke up to an intermittent plastic noise.
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In that case, you woke up to the sound of water dripping onto plastic bags. There's no such thing as "plastic noise".
Today at 9:47 AM
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