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'The' rules you never learned. Why did Latin die?

2025/6/3
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Mignon Fogarty: 我发现很多人不知道英语单词 'the' 有两种发音,一种是在元音前发音为 'thee',另一种是在辅音前发音为 'thuh'。这个规则类似于选择 'a' 和 'an' 的方式。我之前一直没有注意到这个规则,直到我的听众指出我的错误。我查阅了 Merriam-Webster 词典,确认了这个规则的存在。在我的签售会上,很多人告诉我他们在合唱团课上学过这个规则。当你想强调某个事物时,也可以使用 'thee' 的发音。虽然我努力记住这个规则,但我仍然会犯错,因为我几十年都没有区分这两种发音。

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  1. You use the word "the" hundreds of times a day, but are you pronouncing it wrong? Today I have the rules I never learned about whether to say “thuh” or “thee.” Then, we look at why Latin died (and why "died" isn't quite the right way to describe it).

The "Latin" segment is by Karen Lunde, a career writer and editor. In the late '90s, as a young mom with two kids and a dog, she founded one of the internet's first writing workshop communities. These days, she facilitates expressive writing workshops, both online and off. Find her at chanterellestorystudio.com)

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