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What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb “help”: with or without “to”?

What is the lexical class of the word 'worth' when used in a sentence like “Is this apple worth $3?”

What do you call a road that goes up and down? [closed]

Why does “stigmata” [often] have penult stress?

Does English have (or has it had) the diphthongs /uɪ, ʌɪ/?

Why is Indian English usually rhotic?

What part of speech is “worth”? [duplicate]

Pronunciation of gunwale

Does anyone really say “SAYS” rather than “SEZ”?

History of additional sounds introduced to English

One-letter word at the end of line of text [closed]

What happened to the adjectival forms of Belize and Singapore in their currencies?

Why do some people say “My name is Doctor / Dr. X” instead of “I'm Doctor / Dr. X”?

Retroflex approximants in AE dialects

Peculiar pronunciation of 'architecture'

Do Americans pronounce “transient” as \ˈtran(t)-sh(ē-)ənt\?

Why/how native English speakers understand all russian words in “A Clockwork Orange”? [closed]

Can you link the [ʃ] sound and [s] sound?

How do people actually pronounce “Orange”?

I pronounce question as kweshtin. Is my pronunciation wrong?

Is the first syllable of “acknowledge” pronounced with /g/ by any notable amount of speakers?

“Sixty tray, all day” — what does that mean?

Happy tensing after /l/

On the velar nasal /ŋ/ sound followed by /k/

Nasalization in IPA

The pronunciation of “protester”

Using 'for' as a coordinating conjunction at the beginning of a sentence – is this acceptable?

Recent change in pronouncing homage

What's the difference between the AA (ɑ) and AO (ɔ) sound?

A certain way of pronouncing words like 'me'