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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the sound, intonation, and stress of how words are uttered or produced.

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am i pronouncing the "r" in earlier correctly

I can understand all but one word of it very easily: "Earlier, we considered two simple rules for crossing a road. Let's now (widen?) said road." As far as your accent - Your vowel sounds in "earli …
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Sentence Stress: I'm sort of busy right now

The emphasis indicates the crucial part of the sentence. You could put the emphasis in lots of different places, depending on what you want to .... emphasize. I'm sort of busy right now" I am b …
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What do I call the ′ in mathematical formulae?

The single tick following a variable is often (but not always) used to represent a derivative and (in the United States) is always pronounced "prime." In your example, "Ex prime = ex plus tee." f(x …
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