The most commonly confused and mispronounced words in English (ESSENTIAL LESSON!)

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Thank you Emma for this rich lesson. it's the first time for me to notice the difference between wonder and wander I've usually mixed them together. I used to say them wrong with confidence but now I know the difference.

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Hello Emma, Sometimes I'm also mispronouncing these words and thank you Emma for teaching me how to pronounce these words. You are my best English teacher

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Thank you Emma for the nice pronunciation I appreciate your help. May you do longer pauses when we should repeat after you 🙏

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

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[@laurachiar6086]

Dear Teacher Emma, thank you for posting this precious video. Scored 9/10. I missed that 'loose' at the beginning. I thought it was 'lose'! Thank you for giving us those references in addition, I mean, all those tips about assimilation, intrusion. It's not only a simple video about how to pronounce a single word and the pair of words that cause troubles in understanding. It's more than this. One single lesson which can briefly but crucially contain other lessons about pronunciation and definition of words in context. You're precious and dedicated as always! 🙏

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I'm happy it was so helpful :)

[@MyNameIsNeutron]

It was definitely "lose."

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@@MyNameIsNeutron Are you a native speaker? I stumbled across just one of your videos. You do sound American, don't you? Thank you for your feedback!🙏

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[@rainymg]

(Year, Ear), (Wonder, Wander) were the challenging pairs for me! Isn't there a difference in pronouncing the first pair in MRP vs RP? Additionally, wasn't it a mistake to check the word Loose instead of Lose? I mean, I can definitely hear a voiced 'z' sound! Thank you very much for the video!!

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[@irisba9782]

Thank you for the video, the biggest challenge for me was definitely wonder Vs wander. I have always pronounced them the way they are written, but now I have to work on switching it in my brain and while speaking. I'd like to mention that the first word in the quiz is supposed to be 'lose' instead of 'loose' as there was a clear "z" sound at the end of your pronunciation.

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Some books or sources could you please recommend to be able to see all general rules altogether. ?

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This, theese, I really appreciate that you focus on the second and (for me) the most important detail . In the word "this" the vowel is shorter and totally different than the "ee" in the word "theese" . Almost every native English speaker say that is just short. Like sheep and ship, sheet and s_it. Thank you

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Probably worse than Aussies too, tbf!

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Thank you for the new grammatical phonetical terminologies, which weren’t being taught that much when I was in school. One thought that I have from enjoying your video is that you explain “bought” as the past tense of “buy” as in to exchange something for money. How differently would you explain the verb to sell? How does “to exchange money for something” differ from the above? BTW, I’ve got 10 out of 10 but took slightly longer to pick the correct answer of “wonder”.

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'BUYING' is when you 'get a product in exchange for money' and 'SELLING' is when you 'get money in exchange for a product'. So a shopkeeper would sell products and a customer would buy them. You can say they are opposites. Hope this helps!

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Hello! Scored 9/10. I think it's hard to distinguish "wonder" and "wander". I'd like to know about the intrusive "R". Can I use it on speaking test such as IELTS or TOEFL exam? Would the examiners worth it? I think it's a splendid lesson by the way, because I didn't know about intrusive "R" and dark "L". Thanks a bunch!

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

The Intrusive R is a completely natural part of speech.

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If you pronounce 'can't' and 'world' in the British way then there is no confusing them with 'can' and 'word'.

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Agreed! American accents are often more confusing.

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