2019年3月19日 · He made lewd remarks about me to me – about my quainte, my tail, my contry, my box, my jar, my contrariness, my monosyllable – and he used words, words sexual, I did not understand. (the spelling is as in the original) There are a few words I do not understand either: quainte, tail, contry (not country!), contrariness, monosyllable.

2020年11月26日 · They were a double page spread of a woman with long dark, unruly hair, wearing stockings, suspenders, something too, black and lacy. She was smiling out at me, leaning back and opening up for me, which was when I skidded and lost balance, catching full view of her monosyllable as I fell down on the path.” —Milkman, Anna Burns

2013年1月30日 · I live in the Midwest as well. They do pretty much say it as two syllables. Fye-er. In the South, they often say "fahr" (as Sparky pointed out).

2016年8月13日 · What is true is that in a complete sentence, the monosyllable words written with tilde use to recieve a stress in comparison to the words surrounding them, which is not the case with most of the words without tilde. But this is a rule about pronouncing a whole sentence.

2008年1月14日 · Monosyllable n. A word or an utterance of one syllable. Syn. monosyllabic word Saludos! A. alexplas Member ...

2023年3月31日 · Hello :) I'd like to understand the meaning of the underlined sentence. Could you please explain it to me? Time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, Loss, Loss, unless you devote your heart...

2012年11月29日 · I hate to say it, but it just depends on the adjective and how it sounds in context. The general rule of thumb is that one-syllable adjectives get an "-er" in their comparative form, adjectives with three or more syllables get the "more" treatment, and two-syllable adjectives are wildcards (i.e. some can get an "-er" or an "-ier," others get the "more" everytime, and some can go either way).

2005年5月13日 · I was just reading you post, Omnilingual and noticed elroy's remark about the grocer's apostrophe. I am at a loss as to why it is inexcusable, as to go to the grocer's is short for to go to the grocer's shop, so the apostrophe +s is a perfectly normal genitive.

2011年10月27日 · I have a question that came up during my last class and I couldn't answer properly. The student asked me what was the comparative form of monosyllable adjectives ending with "y", such as "dry", "shy" and "coy". I have searched the Internet but I have only found mixed results. e.g. Coyer, drier, shier, shyer

2006年5月5日 · Hi everybody, How do I make a possessive with names ending in Z? For instance Luiz. That would be "Luiz's"?? Thanks.