This appears to be the third or fourth thread you have started on th and ng sounds. . Aren't you bored yet? I am.![]()
Moderators don't have to close threads on demand. I see no reason to start a new thread with exactly the same question. If your question hasn't been answered in a satisfactory way, the right thing to do is to ask again in the same thread with an explanation of why the answers given so far haven't been satisfactory.Well, you're bored because you keep seeing the same post, aren't you?
(To me/For me?), learning phonetics isn't boring. Plus, I already told moderator to close other thread, yet they have yet to do so.
Moderators don't have to close threads on demand. I see no reason to start a new thread with exactly the same question. If your question hasn't been answered in a satisfactory way, the right thing to do is to ask again in the same thread with an explanation of why the answers given so far haven't been satisfactory.
Well, my pc was on the fritz two days ago( Is this sentence grammatically correct? Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
In what way is this relevant? Incidentally, the sentence makes sense, but 'on the fritz' is very informal.
Can someone explain how to use HAVE BEEN/HAD BEEN/was in sentence?
This is not the place for that question. It has been asked and answered in another thread. Are you being intentionally obtuse? To what end?
To raise the back of the tongue to touch my soft palate, I put my tip of the tongue at the bottom teeth..so my back of the tongue would move up n touch the soft palate. (Actually I'm not really sure what SOFT PALATE is.)
Then FIND OUT - marvellous thing, the Internet. :-| People who make no effort to find out new things - except by posting annoyingly repetitive questions - can't expect to learn anything much.
But when I say the word close or clam,my tongue is not so DEXTEROUS.I think the way I pronounce the word is so WEIRD. So, please guide me if you can!
I've sent you a PM.
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To find your soft palate, touch the back side of your upper teeth with the tip of your tongue. Start sliding the tip of your tongue back. You will first touch your gums, then your alveolar ridge (an uneven and hard surface), then your hard palate (even, hard). If you keep sliding the tip of your tongue back, pressing it against the roof of your mouth, you will find out that at some point the roof of your mouth bends up and becomes a soft surface. That's where your soft palate is. For some people, touching the soft palate with the tip of their tongue may be impossible. If that is your case, my advice won't work.
Yes. As I said its surface is uneven. It's easy to recognize.Well, thank you for your explanation.
Is the area which close to your upper front teeth called alveolar ridge?(I mean it's just right behind the upper front teeth, right? ( I saw the picture but I still don't know if the position is alveolar ridge.)
I'm sorry, but I can't answer this question. I haven't seen what you touched with your finger and I don't know what you consider the middle. Have you tried doing what I advised in my previous post?I kind of know the position of the soft palate. Is it in the middle of the back position? When I put my finger into my mouth deeper,i can touch something soft in the middle. I guess that's soft palate, right?
Your welcome. Instead of stopping asking questions altogether, you might want to consider paying attention to the answers.Well, by the way, this could be the last reply about this question because I don't wish to annoy those people like BobK,CuratesEgg. I think they've been suffered because of me. Hereby, I want to thank you for answering my question all the time. Please answer my another question related to er,ɛ,dn and tn combination sounds if possible. I really appreciate what you did to me.You're a great guy I've ever known. (I'm not being MUSHY.
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Yes. As I said its surface is uneven. It's easy to recognize.
I can't see, though. But I think I get the position right!
I'm sorry, but I can't answer this question. I haven't seen what you touched with your finger and I don't know what you consider the middle. Have you tried doing what I advised in my previous post?
Well, I think I have. you told me to raise your back of the tongue and touch the soft palate and I did. But I don't know if I'm doing it properly.
Your welcome. Instead of stopping asking questions altogether, you might want to consider paying attention to the answers.
No, this is not what I said. I saidWell, I think I have. you told me to raise your back of the tongue and touch the soft palate and I did. But I don't know if I'm doing it properly.
Please do.I think I ought to reread those thread I posted before.
If you reply to my post in the quotation box, please use a different color. It's very likely that I won't notice your reply if it's the same color as the rest of the quotation. Or just reply outside of the quotation box. I didn't know I could do so
No, this is not what I said. I said
To find your soft palate, touch the back side of your upper teeth with the tip of your tongue. Start sliding the tip of your tongue back. You will first touch your gums, then your alveolar ridge (an uneven and hard surface), then your hard palate (even, hard). If you keep sliding the tip of your tongue back, pressing it against the roof of your mouth, you will find out that at some point the roof of your mouth bends up and becomes a soft surface. That's where your soft palate is.
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