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the vowel in "lake", why do Americans think it's not a diphthong So the vowel in the word "lake" is not considered as a diphthong. The vowel in the word "how" is considered as a diphthong. I feel like the vowel in the word "lake" is sliding from the vowel in the word "bed" to the vowel in the word "bid" What do you Americans think? Tks.
April 26, 2015
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rental house we call the car we rented a rental or a rental car. if we rent a house, can we call it a rental or a rental house? Tks.
April 15, 2015
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electronically printed media when wall street journal goes online. do we categorize it as : electronically printed media? Tks.
April 14, 2015
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written media can we call wall street journal website as written media? I mean referring to old print media which has since go online written media. if not, what should we call them? Tks.
April 14, 2015
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sensational news Karen Marsh, the famous actress is getting married. Sensational News! I know sometimes when we say "tabloids love to write sensational news", we mean disapproval. I want to ask can "sensational" simply mean shocking and thrilling without the disapproving tone? How about this one: Bill Gates is retiring from Microsoft?! That's sensational news. Tks.
April 13, 2015
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work the whole time vs work for the whole time work the whole time vs work for the whole time which to say? Tks.
April 5, 2015
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he had to discover it for himself. for vs by He was lost yesterday. but he refused to stop and ask for directions. we wandered for hours. He just had to discover it for himself. why use "for" in the last sentence here? Could you give me some similar examples?
April 5, 2015
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I don't want to make another film for a long time I've just finished a movie. I think I'm going to retire. I don't want to make another film for a long time Which of the following interpretation is correct? 1 I don't want to make a film now and I won't want to make one in the future for a long time. 2 This isn't the first day I feel I don't want to make a film. I've been having this thought for a while. Thanks.
March 19, 2015
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my watch alarm is ringing my watch alarm is ringing Is the above sentence right? If not, How I should better say it? Thanks.
March 18, 2015
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cut and action cut and action This is something a director would say a lot. cut is a verb and action is a noun. How come they two are connected with "and"? Thanks a lot.
March 18, 2015
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