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100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English

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What word is usually pronounced incorrectly? Put mouse on paw print for answer.

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across

affidavit

Alzheimer's disease

Antarctic

Arctic

ask

This mispronunciation has been around for so long (over 1,000 years) that linguist Mark Aronoff thinks we should cherish it as a part of our linguistic heritage. Most of us would give the axe to "aks."

athlete, athletic

barbiturate

barbed wire

business

The change of [s] to [d] before [n] is spreading throughout the US and when the unaccented [I] drops from this word the [s] finds itself in the same environment as in "isn't" and "wasn't."

a blessing in disguise

cavalry

candidate

cardsharp

Carpal tunnel syndrome

The Caucasus

chest of drawers

champ at the bit

clothes

cornet

dilate

diphtheria

dog-eat-dog world

drown

duct tape

e'lectoral

The accent is on the second, not the third, syllable and there is no [i] in it (not "electorial").

escape

espresso

et cetera

especially

February

federal

Syncopation of an unaccented vowel is fairly common in rapid speech but in careful speech it should be avoided. See also "plute" and read more about the problem here.

film

founder

foliage

For all intents and purposes

fort

Heimlich maneuver (or manoeuvre, Br.)

height

herb

in parentheses

interpret

This error results from the back-formation of "interpretate" from "interpretation." But back formation isn't needed; we already have "interpret." (See also 'orientate')

regardless

isn't

Again, the struggle of [s] before [n]. (See also "bidness" and "wadn't")

jewelry

The root of this word is "jewel" and that doesn't change for either "jeweler" or "jewelry." The British add a syllable: "jewellery" (See also its spelling.)

just

Ku Klux Klan

lambaste

larynx

law and order

lease

liable

library

As mentioned before, English speakers dislike two [r]s in the same word. However, we have to buck up and pronounce them all.

long-lived

masonry

mauve

mayonnaise

miniature

moot

'mischievous

other

nuclear

nuptial

often

ordnance

orient

Another pointless back-formation. We don't need this mispronunciation from "orientation" when we already have "orient." (See also "interpretate")

ostensibly

Australia

parliament

percolate

potable

prerogative

prescription

pernickety

peremptory

perspire

pollute

This one, like "plice" [police], spose [suppose], and others, commonly result from rapid speech syncope, the loss of unaccented vowels. Just be sure you pronounce the vowel when you are speaking slowly. Read here for more on the problem.

probably

pronunciation

realtor

As you avoid the extra vowel in "masonry," remember to do the same for "realtor," the guy who sells what the mason creates.

relevant

recur

respite

Despite the spelling similarity, this word does not rhyme with despite; it is pronounced ['re-spit]. Give yourself a permanent respite from mispronouncing it.

sherbet

Some of the same people who do not like two [r]s in their words can't help repeating the one in this word.

silicon

sneaked

spay

spit and image

stub

stamp

suite

supposedly

supremacist

tack

take for granted

tenet

tenterhooks

Tijuana

triathlon

utmost

While this word does indicate that efforts are up, the word is "utmost," a(!) historical variation of "outmost."

verbiage

voluptuous

wasn't

way

whet

yolk

zoology

Выражение множественности

Для образования множественного числа исчисляемых существительных служит окончание –s. Для выражения множественности в английском языке служат слова типа many, much, a lot of, plenty of, обозначающие....

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Вторая форма глагола

Вторая, или прошедшая, форма глагола обозначает формы типа: делал, писал, читал. Вторая форма большинства глаголов образуется с помощью окончания –ed ('call — called, play — played, paint — painted'). Однако ряд глаголов....

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Все временные конструкции в активном залоге

	Present	Past	Future	Future– in– the– Past
Simple (Indefinite)	He sometimes, usually, often, rarely, seldom from time to time, always, never writes letters everyday, on Saturdays, at the weekend, in the....

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Времена и месяцы года

Обратите внимание, что названия месяцев года всегда пишутся с большой буквы.

Winter	зима
December	декабрь
January	январь
February	февраль
spring	весна
March	март
April	апрель
May	май
summer	лето
June	июнь
July	июль
August	август
autumn	осень
September	сентябрь
October	октябрь
November	ноябрь

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