English is filled with silent letters and strange spellings, making it difficult to predict how to pronounce unfamiliar words. Help is here. Try the Virtual Writing Tutor's pronunciation checker to learn how to say this difficult to pronounce sentence.
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A psychologist on the island of Montreal would slice a salmon with a knife instead of a sword, but a psychiatrist would listen to you laugh and cough on his couch.
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One thing I have become acutely aware of while working on the VirtualWritingTutor.com ESL grammar checker is just how common some errors are in college students' writing. I see the same errors day after day, year after year. I could easily come up with a list of about 100 common errors that college students should avoid, but for the sake of brevity, here's an infographic with six undisputably common glitches in ESL writing.
In fact, all 4 are correct, but we use them in different situations.
I am 6 foot 2 inches. Use "6 foot" for informal speaking situations.
I am 6 feet 2 inches. This is the correct form for any situation.
I am 6'2". Use 6' as a short way to express 6 feet. Use double-prime (") for inches. Most people understand this shorthand for feet and inches.
I am 6 ft 2 in. The standard international abbreviation for feet is ft and inches is in.
Errors
Sometimes learners make the mistake of confusing the single prime (') and double prime (") and use the prime for inches and the double prime for feet. For example.
I am 6"2' tall. (Incorrect)
Other times, learners use both the prime and the word, which is redundant.
I am 6' feet 2" inches tall. (Incorrect)
Furthermore, learners sometimes use two apostrophes for a double prime instead of the " symbol. This should be avoided also.
English is filled with silent letters and strange spellings, making it difficult to predict how to pronounce unfamiliar words. Help is here. Try the Virtual Writing Tutor's pronunciation checker to learn how to say this difficult to pronounce sentence.
