Jose Carillo's English Forum

English Grammar and Usage Problems => Badly Written, Badly Spoken => Topic started by: silverlokk on November 14, 2009, 03:45:50 PM

Title: A few common mispronunciations
Post by: silverlokk on November 14, 2009, 03:45:50 PM

• covet -- accent is on the first syllable
• govern -- accent also on the first syllable
• precedent -- almost sounds like president, not precede-ent

Doubters, check the dictionary  8)

Any others?

Title: Re: A few common mispronunciations
Post by: justineoaker on April 09, 2010, 06:49:23 PM

Thanks for clearing these words. This is really helpful for our Asian members. Thanks.