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- “20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . .
When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- Is there a rule for pronouncing “th” at the beginning of a word?
Consider the th in thistle versus the th in this: the former is unvoiced, while the latter is voiced Is there a rule or reason for the differences?
- How to pronounce TH quickly? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This is made more complex by 2nd language learners and dialects without 'th-' The more populous Latin America say 's' where European Spanish speakers say 'th' And Arabic is a bit of mish mash between a high register Modern Standard Arabic with 'th' but most Arabic speakers speak day-to-day dialects without 'th-'
- Is there any rule for differentiating between the endings th and ht?
The secondary issue is that of spelling, as you find th and ht confusing This is a matter of mis-parsing some common English digraphs When attempting to read those words, you shouldn't take h and t together, but rather g and h together, as the digraph gh is pretty common in English, and is usually silent when it's not at the beginning of a word
- How to pronounce th - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It's a weird question I want to know how to pronounce "th" correctly, as in 'the' or 'thin' Should I bring my tongue out of my teeth? In Arabic (as my native language), the correct pronunciatio
- What is the difference between thee and thou?
Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy thine is the possessive form Before they all merged into the catch-all form you, English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between singular and plural (or formal): thou - singular
- Why was the th combination chosen for the th sound?
Given that the two "th" sounds don't actually sound like a combination of "t" and "h" why was that particular combination selected or become adopted by the majority ?
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