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How to pronounce "volume" and "value"
Google says volume is pronounced as välyəm but how? Too hard to pronounce this schwa sound, can I pronounce it like "väl-you-m", and "value" as "val-you"?
The meaning of the word "overlooked" confuses me
Apparently, when people say something is overlooked, it means that the thing does not get enough recognition for what it deserves, is that correct? However, when we say something is overhyped or overestimated, it means the opposite. The latter examples is much more intuitive to me (the "hype" or "estimation" is "over" the actual value). However the meaning of "overlook" always confuses me. Shouldn't it be "underlooked"?
Does “assume” really sound like “a soon”, with the “n” sound? 😂
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Question. Do people still use high key and lowkey in 2024?
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Why is there no "an" in front of "English Writer" here?
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Does "amount of drinks" sound stupid in English?
Hi all, I recently submitted a video assignment for my masters. It was a counseling session with a fake client presenting with an alcohol use problem. Before submitting, I noticed that I kept repeating " reduce the amount of drinks". I included this quote in my essay, and Word highlighted it as a mistake, suggesting a "number of drinks" instead. Is it considered to be a really stupid mistake in English?
Lyrics - Should we own this mistake? How bad is it?
Hi everyone. I have a band and none of us are native speakers. We recorded this song which we really like and just 1 week ahead of its release we realised we've made an english mistake. We mixed two phrases: "Going to end" and "coming to an end" and the result was: "It seems like this is going to an end. Going to an end. Going to an end." Again, for us, no native English speakers it sounded correct but of course we failed since we did not double check. Lesson learned! Unfortunately we can not re-record this part or the song with the singer anymore for multiple reasons. We need to release it as it is. The only thing I could do is to write "coming to an end" in the lyrics regardless what he says in the record. But I don't think this will convince people (the part is scream vocals tho so it could work...) But tell me. How bad is it for a native speaker? Thank you!! Edit: typos
Past tense verbs for swim, run, and jump.
I've always been confused by the past tense for jump. After you swim, you say that you swam. After you run, you say that you ran. After you jump, I would think that you jamp. Why do we replace the 'i' and 'u' with an 'a' for swim and run, but not jump?
Is it acceptable to use “could” with a specific event? For instance, “I could make it to the party yesterday.” “I hope I could get a higher grade last term.” “I hope I could swim last year.”
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How learning english?
Hi i AM brazilian, my english is bad and not can write english perfect but when i read can understand everything,why does this happen? Obs: I wrote with help of google