pronunciation - Could you clarify e and ɛ ? - English Language . . . They correspond to the same phoneme, which may be written either e or ɛ , depending on the dictionary (and sometimes inconsistently in the same dictionary, with e when followed by ɪ and with ɛ otherwise): there are no words, contrary to French, distinguished only by this sound
Why does the letter a correspond to ɪ in words like image . . . 6 In American English, in words ending with -age, -ate and -ace, the ‹a› correspond to ɪ (short i) Examples: image, village, damage private, senate, separate surface, preface, palace (It should be noted that dictionaries do not always agree about the pronunciation, and some use ə instead of ɪ for some of the words)
meaning - Corresponding vs. appropriate - English Language Usage . . . I would suggest looking up the word "correspond" in a dictionary to start with It has another meaning which has nothing to do with letter-writing "Corresponding" is a more specific relationship than "appropriateness", and so could be a better choice in your cases
poetry - iambic pentameter, stress, and monosyllables - English . . . Róugh wínds do sháke the dár ling búds of Máy, And súm mer’s léase hath áll too shórt a dáte The stresses don't correspond exactly to the ones required by iambic pentameter, but they come pretty close In the last two lines the only deviation is rough When reading poetry, some deviation from perfect iambic pentameter is
Intrude on someones home? or into? or different preposition? When I say I intrude on someone's privacy, that's correct But how do I use intrude, verb, when referring to a physical space like someone's home, or doesn't this work? Like intrude on someone's h
pronunciation - Can a hyphen be a letter in some words? - English . . . In other words, letters correspond to sounds - an "A" makes an "ah" sound What sound does a hyphen make by itself? Accents or other diacritics aren't letters because despite the fact that they modify the pronunciation, they do not correspond to any phoneme themselves
phonetics - In IPA transcription, what is the difference between “ɪ . . . One note: as I recall, i and iː are pronounced identically in most AmE and BrE dialects; dictionaries consider them separate phonemes because some dialects, like those that lack the usual "happy"-tensing, do have a difference in pronunciation there
grammar - Is vs. Are when using (s) - English Language Usage . . . A parenthetical plural verb must correspond to the parenthetical ending But that’s an awkward example In general, avoid such shorthand unless it can be used simply and effectively, as in the following example: Place an “about the author (s)” statement on the copyright page (usually page iv)