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cosine.blue
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| | | | | A pragmatic introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet-or how to read those funny /?s?mb?lz/ on Wiktionary. | |
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sitr.us
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| | | | | In last week's post I provided phonetic transcriptions of some example words using the International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA for short. I thought it would be helpful to follow that up with some information about what the IPA is, and how to read it. And as a bonus, after learning about IPA transcription you will be able to better read pronunciation guides on Wikipedia. ... | |
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| | | Contractions youre, well, cant, dont etc. generally make language sound less formal, and avoiding them makes it more formal. Over the years, contractions have become more acceptable higher up the formality spectrum. This is part of a general shift thats been going on for decades: styles of language that were once firmly seen | ||