pronunciation - Could you clarify e and ɛ ? - English Language . . . They correspond to the same phoneme, which may be written either e or ɛ , depending on the dictionary (and sometimes inconsistently in the same dictionary, with e when followed by ɪ and with ɛ otherwise): there are no words, contrary to French, distinguished only by this sound
Why does the letter a correspond to ɪ in words like image . . . 6 In American English, in words ending with -age, -ate and -ace, the ‹a› correspond to ɪ (short i) Examples: image, village, damage private, senate, separate surface, preface, palace (It should be noted that dictionaries do not always agree about the pronunciation, and some use ə instead of ɪ for some of the words)
Period vs. Colon? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange (1) I'd find it hard to find authoritative support for the 'poor style to use both a colon and a semicolon in the same sentence' assertion (though I'm almost certain it's been made before on ELU); (2) there is a gradience of acceptability, and exam questions tacitly require that your beliefs deferences correspond to those of the specific
Word for the action or result of expressing a telephone number as . . . Phoneword Phonewords are mnemonic phrases represented as alphanumeric equivalents of a telephone number In many countries, the digits on the telephone keypad also have letters assigned By replacing the digits of a telephone number with the corresponding letters, it is sometimes possible to form a whole or partial word, an acronym, abbreviation, or some other alphanumeric combination
What is a word for ‘not-fitting’? - English Language Usage Stack . . . 3 mismatch a failure to correspond or match; a discrepancy Oxford English Dictionary This word might have the disadvantage of focussing more on the reasons to not fit in, "not-like-the-others" because of fashion, ideology, or some other superficial reason
Intrude on someones home? or into? or different preposition? When I say I intrude on someone's privacy, that's correct But how do I use intrude, verb, when referring to a physical space like someone's home, or doesn't this work? Like intrude on someone's h
meaning - Corresponding vs. appropriate - English Language Usage . . . I would suggest looking up the word "correspond" in a dictionary to start with It has another meaning which has nothing to do with letter-writing "Corresponding" is a more specific relationship than "appropriateness", and so could be a better choice in your cases