Posts Tagged ‘syllables’

Always remember ‘Hyphen’ is never a ‘dash’ or the vice versa.  Actually when we go on discussing on word processing applications we have to keep in mind the symbols, hyphens, em-dashes, en-dashes. These symbols may look alike but there is acute difference between the two when we actually take into consideration the perfect usages.

Hyphens are small lines that are horizontal in shape. En-dashes are a bit longer than the hyphens and are regarded the width of ‘n’. Where as ‘m’ dashes are a slightly larger than the... Read more...

In English, one spelling can have different pronunciations and the words with same sound can have different spellings. If you check the pronunciation of the whole word by looking at the phonetic script in a dictionary, you will find that the sound is very common in English. It is always unstressed. In this article, we will look at some of the sounds in English.

  • Words ending with ‘ough’ are spelled in different ways in English. Some examples are given below:

Now sound: plough, bough

Cuff sound: enough, tough, rough

Toe sound: though, dough

Off sound: cough.

  • Words containing ‘st’ where ‘t’ is not pronounced. Some examples are listen, whistle, whistle, bristle.
  • Words containing ‘bt’ and ‘mb’, where b is not heard. Some examples are given below:

‘bt’: debt, subtle, doubt

‘mb’: plumber, comb, dumb

Tips for Pronunciation and spelling English words:

The tips given below will help you to understand spelling and pronunciation of some words in English.

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