100最易读错的单词短语 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English.docVIP

100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English Now that Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for the plague of misspelling, here are the 100 words most often mispronounced English words (mispronunciation among them). There are spelling rules in English even if they are difficult to understand, so pronouncing a word correctly usually does help you spell it correctly. Several common errors are the result of rapid speech, so take your time speaking, correctly enunciating each word. Careful speech and avid reading are the best guides to correct spelling. Dont say Do Say Comment A acrossed across It is easy to confuse across with crossed but better to keep them separate. affidavid affidavit Even if your lawyers name is David, he issues affidavits. Old-timers disease Alzheimers disease While it is a disease of old-timers, it is named for the German neurologist, Dr. Alois Alzheimer. Antartic Antarctic Just think of an arc of ants (an ant arc) and that should help you keep the [c] in the pronunciation of this word. Artic Arctic Another hard-to-see [c]梑ut it is there. aks ask This mispronunciation has been around for so long (over 1,000 years) that linguist Mark Aronoff thinks we should cherish it as a part of our linguistic heritage. Most of us would give the axe to aks. athelete, atheletic athlete, athletic Two syllables are enough for athlete. B barbituate barbiturate Dont forget this word contains three others: bar+bit+u+rate bob wire barbed wire No, this word wasnt named for anyone named Bob; it should be barbed wire, although the suffix 杄d, meaning having, is fading away in the U.S. bidness business The change of [s] to [d] before [n] is spreading throughout the US and when the unaccented [I] drops from this word the [s] finds itself in the same environment as in isnt and wasnt. a blessing in the skies a blessing in disguise This phrase is no blessing if it comes from the skies. (Pronounce it correctly and help maintain