Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the ...
How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually, English has at least 14 different vowel sounds and, depending on the speaker and dialect, maybe ...
When writing English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet. However, when speaking there are roughly 44 different sounds in English. If you're concentrating on the sounds of English, you need 44 ...
English is a funny language in that there is no one to one correspondence between spelling and pronunciation. The spelling of a word doesn’t always tell us how the word is to be pronounced. English ...
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10 Fun Facts About the English Alphabet

Think you know your ABCs? Think again! From the letter J (which showed up centuries late) to the silent K that once loved the sound of its own voice, the English alphabet is packed with quirky ...