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Pronunciation lesson to make your English sound more American and reduce your foreign accent. Quick tip for people learning English.

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  • @AccurateEnglish *if T / TT is in a middle of 2 vowels. T is pronounced as soft D right?

    so how do you pronounce "natural"? is it pronounced as nadural?

    how about sensitive? attempting? editor? is this rule applicable to all words or there is an exception?

    *if N is followed bt T. T become silent right? how about the words: fundamental? intonation? centuries? is this rule also applicable to all words with /NT/ or is there also an exception?

  • @Ethriuz When the T is within a stressed syllable, it remains a T as in "attempting." Yes, there are always exceptions with language. T +UR also has a special pronunciation as in "turkey", "turn" "century". They have almost a "CH" sound as in "try" and "traffic" because of the R that follows.  I review some of these exceptions in my book, but could not cover them in a short video.

  • what about words with double "T", for example "getting" or "pattern"?

  • @ShaniaHalliwell It doesn't matter if the word is spelled with one T or a double T. So, the Ts' in "water" and "better" sound exactly the same.

  • how would you say accuate? you cant really replace a 't' by a 'd' in this case right?

  • @nataliatsh no because the final "e" is silent.

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  • I didn't realize my accent was this complex!

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  • Whada great video!

  • this is a good video. I'm american and it sounds correct.

  • I'm not American but then I realized (when I was watching this vid) that this is the the accent I use when talking.

  • @Ethriuz I teach English in Vietnam. Thanks for the help.

  • Well done, you're an amazing teacher! Keep up the good work :D

  • This is just awesome................

  • As most Amercian companies now outsource their work to India, it's time we all picked up English spoken with an indian accent... lol

  • thank u so much

  • ..........People want an American accent?! I'm American and I'd rather have another accent lol

  • @Jzna I have a problem saying "and". You know how they go like "ehnd" or something? I can't say that. I just can't. And that applies to any word that has "a" in it that would be pronounced as "e" if you know what I mean. I suck xD I'm never gonna learn this

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