Verbally pauses are the silent spaces between words. In writing we indicate such pauses by punctuation marks: –Comma [ , ] (shorter time than the rest about 1 second) –Semicolon [ ; ] –Colon [ : ] (longer time 2+ seconds) –Period [ . ] Question/Exclamation marks [ ? ! ] [a Breath-pause could be…
Silent Final e Syllable Rule: The silent final e makes the vowel before a long sound, if only one consonant sound is between the two (VCe). The syllable following the silent final e begins with a consonant. For example, LATE Other words are: BAKE CAKE …
Negative AdverbsAs you probably know the typical word order for English is: SUBJECT VERB OBJECT (ADVERBIAL– adverb or prepositional phrase). For example: I didn’t care to go with them to the movies. Obviously we change this order in Question Formation: Didn’t you wish to go with them to the movies? (Aux-verb goes before the…