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    British English pronunciation doubt on /ɘʊ/ words (Queen's English exagerrated!) This is a question for all British English pronunciation teachers. I've been studying the phonetics of the sound /ɘʊ/ in RP English. After listening to many words containing the sound I have noticed that there are some words which have the phoneme /ɘʊ/ but I am not convinced you pronounce them all the same. Let me give you an example. Take the word 'old'. It contains the /ɘʊ/ sound, according to the online dictionaries. However, if you compare the words 'coat' (which also contains the /ɘʊ/ sound) and 'old' there is a slight difference between the first vowel sound and how you produce it. The first vowel sound in 'old' is more like the /ɒ/ sound, especially if you say it at normal speed (not super slow like the Queen). However the first vowel sound in 'coat' is pronounced differently (the suprise sound, 'oh'), and uses a slightly different mouth movement (very subtle though). My accent is RP (from South of England) but not a strong as the Queen's RP English. I'm guessing that the RP English sound chart was based around the Queen's RP accent and not a standard southern English accent. So maybe that's why there's the doubt. In my opinion, the phonemic RP English chart should not be based on a very posh Queen-like accent, but on a more standard southern English accent. I would be interested to get your thoughts on the matter and see if anyone other teachers have come to a similar conclusion.
    January 20, 2020
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    My italki time zone hasn't adjusted to yesterday's time change Hello teacher, I am an Italki teacher based in kenya and there is no time change here. A Spanish student booked a class last week scheduled for 7pm Kenya time. However, there was a time change yesterday in Europe and my scheduled lesson has remained at the same time despite this time change. Surely my lesson should be an hour later (at 8pm) due to the time change in Spain. Has anyone got any experience of this or can shed some light on what happens in this situation?
    October 28, 2019
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    Hola Humberto, con mucho gusto te ayudo aprender inglés. Aqui tienes mi perfil para más info. https://teach.italki.com/teacher/6387605
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    August 22, 2019
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    'want' is used more if you desire something. But 'need' is used more if you have a necessity for it (it's important!), based on external circumstances. For the example you mention, I would use 'need' because you are talking more in general and making a recommendation. In order to make a good impression you 'need' a good suit (it's important to have one). However, if it was more personal you could use want, e.g. I 'want' a new suit to make a good impression at job interviews.
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    August 20, 2019
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    I don't know how many days we've been going like....
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    July 24, 2019
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    I think monuments would be better to describe buildings like the Eiffel tower or Big Ben so tourist sights may be a better word to describe ruins or archaelogical sites
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    July 24, 2019
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    The only bit I would say could be changed is 'not leaving enough structure for the restoration'. Maybe 'structure' isn't the best word to use here. Would 'room' or 'space' work?
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    July 24, 2019
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    Verbs can sometimes be both intransitive and transitive and in this example I would say that it is intransitive as the verb 'to be' is not being done by anything. It is followed by a preposition 'for' rather than a direct object which would make it transitive.
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    July 24, 2019
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    'room rate' is ok or you could say 'rate per room'
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    July 23, 2019
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    Yes it's correct ;) Although we normally use the preposition 'on' after train so you could also say "she trained him on how to repair the bicycle."
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    July 23, 2019
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