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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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is there any rules to study the articulation of the words in British English?
Example: civilize :- This is different from the letters when we are articulated. It is difficult to understand. Please give me the answer.
Example: civilize :- This is different from the letters when we are articulated. It is difficult to understand. Please give me the answer.
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There are obviously patterns, quite a few, which gradually get picked up. when you have vowel - consonant - e my observation is the vowel lengthens, but usually not if the consonant is doubled. mat / mate met / mete mit / mite dot / dote cut / cute hence in civilise the last 'i' is long.
- There are obviously patterns, quite a few, which gradually get picked up.
- when you have vowel - consonant - e my observation is the vowel lengthens, but usually not if the consonant is doubled.
- mat / mate met / mete mit / mite dot / dote cut / cute hence in civilise the last 'i' is long.
- obviously there will be rule exceptions to this I'm sure someone could point to a definitive list of rules for this and others.
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There are obviously patterns, quite a few, which gradually get picked up.
when you have vowel - consonant - e
my observation is the vowel lengthens, but usually not if the consonant is doubled.
mat / mate
met / mete
mit / mite
dot / dote
cut / cute
hence in civilise the last 'i' is long.
obviously there will be rule exceptions to this
when you have vowel - consonant - e
my observation is the vowel lengthens, but usually not if the consonant is doubled.
mat / mate
met / mete
mit / mite
dot / dote
cut / cute
hence in civilise the last 'i' is long.
obviously there will be rule exceptions to this
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Generally speaking a "silent e" at the end of a word makes the preceeding vowel long, but this is not the only use of a final silent e. Especially if the "e" is after c, g, u, v or consonant+l, it may be serving a different purpose.
Uses:
1) Makes the vowel before it long, such as in plate or wrote or civilize.
2) Makes a "c" or a "g" soft, as in practice
Uses:
1) Makes the vowel before it long, such as in plate or wrote or civilize.
2) Makes a "c" or a "g" soft, as in practice
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There are some more pronunciation/spelling rules in this lesson on the forum:
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