Strong Verbs
Strong Verbs Do you want to make your communication direct and to the point? Consider using those verbs that describe movements of the human body. These are great substitutions for abstract verbs. Here’s a list for you: bear, blow, break, bring, call, carry, cast, catch, come, cut, do draw, drive drop, fall, get, give go, […]
SUFFIX “Y” — Soooo Useful!
BLOG for Saturday, June 13, 2020 TITLE: Suffix “Y” – So USEFUL! To speak clear and accurate English for unfamiliar multiple syllable words, first you need to divide the unfamiliar word into syllables. There are eight rules to do that. Most important is to look for the prefixes and suffixes first. Many English words end […]
Accent Reduction – Change Only One Habit
Accent Reduction – Change Only One Habit At one time we have all felt like our lives are a whole orchestra of bad habits. For example, you get home from an exhausting day at work. You didn’t like your communication that day. A lot of people said “What?” You know you are speaking accented English. […]
Accent Reduction – The History & Backstory to English’s Wonderful Triplets and Doublets
Accent Reduction – The History & Backstory to English’s Wonderful Triplets and Doublets Have you ever wondered why English has so many words that come from other languages? Have you ever wondered why English has words – often two or three- for the same thing. These triplets and doublets allow us to express ideas with […]
English Communication: Change in the World’s 7000 Languages and What Happens When Languages Die
English Communication: Change in the World’s 7000 Languages and What Happens When Languages Die Here’s some more information about the world’s current 7000 languages – information all communicating human beings should know. English is the lingua franca of our digital age. Those who use it as a second language may outnumber its native speakers by […]
Accent Reduction: The Twenty Most Predominantly Spoken Languages
Accent Reduction: The Twenty Most Predominantly Spoken Languages We are all part of this vast globe. We are approximately seven billion people. We conduct our lives in one or several of about seven thousand languages. The mother tongue of more than three billion people is one of twenty. In order of their predominance: Mandarin Chinese […]
Accent Reduction- Get Inspired to Master These English Speech Sounds
Accent Reduction- Get Inspired to Master These English Speech Sounds Here is some information about the English language which will give you inspiration for mastering particular sounds: The most frequently spoken consonant is “n.” The “e” is the most commonly used letter in the English language. Furthermore, as many as one in eight of all […]
English Communication: Get More of Backstory for Those Unusual Spellings of English Words
English Communication: Get More of Backstory for Those Unusual Spellings of English Words Does understanding how changes came about in the English language make the pronunciation and spelling easier for you? Yes! It gives you the patterns for whole sets of words. And, oh my! … the reasons for changes in the English language are […]
English Communication: Fascinating Reasons for Those Unusual Spellings for Some English Words
English Communication: Fascinating Reasons for Those Unusual Spellings for Some English Words You know that for as much as 70-75% of words in English, the pronunciation follows English language rules tied to the spelling of the word. But what about the other words? Why are they spelled the way they are spelled? Knowing the patterns […]
English Speaking Skills: Understanding Gets You to Pronunciation Mastery- Important Reasons for Some Strange Spellings
English Speaking Skills: Understanding Gets You to Pronunciation Mastery- Important Reasons for Some Strange Spellings Here are two sets of words which give you a sample of words in English that do not follow the rules of pronunciation or spelling of English. Corpse and corps Horse and worse About 70% of the words in English […]