Why is "t" sometimes pronounced like "d" in American English?
Feb 24, 2011 · Consonant softening (voiceless plosives becoming voiced, etc.) is normal in human language, although it is more likely (or, probably, simply faster to occur) between …
What's the history of the English letter "Y" as a "sometimes vowel"?
Nov 6, 2017 · The answer is that Y has always been used as a vowel in English.. For example, hyð.The OED has a citation from Corpus Glossary (c736):
What word should I use for something that fails intermittently?
I initially thought the same thing, but I think it depends on OP's situation. If his software works or doesn't work, e.g. a web server that sometimes fails to return a page, I'd say "flaky" or …
Would I say "I can sometimes..." or "I sometimes can..."
May 22, 2015 · sometimes is one of the frequency adverbs that can be placed at the beginning of the sentence, and this is felt more natural by many native speakers, and, in addition, it is an …
Are W and Y vowels? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
A vowel is basically a letter you pronounce with an open vocal tract. Y is a semivowel because sometimes you pronounce it with the tract open (as in sky) and sometimes not (as in …
punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 16, 2015 · Comma "rules" are tricky. Most are best thought of as guidelines than rules. Setting of introductory elements is indeed something that most sets of such rules would say …
Where to put "sometimes" in a negative sentence?
Sep 29, 2019 · To be idiomatic, the sentence needs to be more elaborate, as Jim suggests. "They play tennis on Sundays, sometimes at a club and sometimes at the park." "They sometimes go …
writing - Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then …
I'm referring to the peculiar habit I sometimes see in formal documents, where a number is given numerically after it's spelled out. It seems quite redundant: I need five (5) kumquats, stat! (Tho...
word order - Place of "often" in the sentence - English Language ...
Nov 23, 2010 · some frequency adverbs (eg usually, normally, often, frequently, sometimes): in the beginning OR in the end of the sentence. Examples: He writes often. We visit them …
Why is "idea" sometimes pronounced as "idear"?
Jun 13, 2014 · Adding r's to the end of words is something odd I first noticed as a child with my grandmother. Idea became "idear," "Ella" became "Eller," etc.