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Using to + ing verbs in some fixed expressions
The schwa /ə/ in two-syllable words that begin with the letter A
How are SOLACE, SURFACE, PREFACE, PALACE, FURNACE, and MENACE pronounced?
The pattern in -ket, -llet, and -oir words & other commonly mispronounced words in English
A better guide to effective mastering of English stress
The silent letter t in debut, sachet, depot, chalet, rapport, ballet, bouquet, mortgage
bonaFIDE, hyperBOLE, epiTOME, automoBILE, résumé, fiNALE
Defining and non-defining relative clauses
Between advice and advise, impact and impart
The case of nouns in possessive pronouns
/ŋ/ in king, hung, rang, think, long, bank etc
Introduction to the study of English stress
Introduction to relative clauses
Future perfect tense and future perfect continuous tense
The consonant /s/ and its ability to become /z/ in another environment
How to pronounce words that end in –tion and –sion correctly
The schwa sound /ə/ in fORget, fORgive, cOrrupt, cAreer, cOrrect, cOllect, and pERhaps
Diphthong /au/ in words that contain letters -oun(d)-
Words that contain letters 'air' and 'are'
When to choose between using we're, was or were, and where
Between who's and whose, being and been
How to pronounce words that end in -or, -er, -ious, and -cally
English triphthongs and rhymes
Subject-verb agreement in noun phrases
Use of adverbs that end in "ly"
Of viVAcious, hiLArious, saGAcious, faLLAcious and others
Syllabic consonants /m/, /l/ and /n/
How are words that end in -age pronounced?
Of vowel /i:/ and its exceptions
Silent 'h' and indefinite articles
Using capital letters in writing
Proper nouns and capital letters
The nature of non-finite verbs
Lie, lying, lied, lay, laying, laid, lain
Some commonly mispronounced words in English
The central vowel /ɜː/ explained
Comparing the vowels /u/ and /u:/
Avoiding double comparatives in English
Some commonly misused idioms in English
The consonant /j/ in words that have letters -ew
BREAKFAST in Nigerian parlance
Recognising pronunciation patterns in English
Between 'ingenious' and 'ingenuous', 'famous' and 'infamous', 'terrible' and 'terrific'
Pronouncing some ch-words in English the French way
Nuances in noncount nouns explained