Sentence examples for start of words from inspiring English sources

It's customary still to drop the H at the start of words such as honour and hour, and to prefix them with an "an"; a precious few still do the same with hotel.

David dropped his H sounds at the start of words far less often than before the move to the US, the study found.

In common with much of England (outside of the far north), another feature is dropping the H from the start of words, for example Hull is more often pronounced 'Ull in the city.

Emphasize "D" sounds at the start of words and replace "th-" sounds with "D"s.

Toddlers usually talk fairly simply, with W's at the start of words - 'Woo look at the Little toddler' is a fairly common phrase to draw you in.

Although these theories describe how children become more advanced word learners, they seem to tell us little about children's capacities at the start of word learning.

While a range of cues are available from the start of word learning, it may be the case that not all cues are utilized by the infant when they begin the word learning process.

The coffin is laid on the stage, where a cast of actors about to play people such as Diana's brother Earl Spencer and former British prime minister Tony Blair sit stoically, awaiting the start of the word-for-word reenactment.

Haydon said it had been right to treat the attack as potentially terrorist at the start because of words uttered by Mire, such as "Allahu Akbar", and his comments about Syria.

The United Nations itself is so frequent a device to clue the start of "un-" words, seeing Mr Ban get a cameo makes a charming change.

At the opera's premiere, "Va, pensiero" clearly touched a nerve — Verdi made sure it would, putting a little crescendo at the start of the words "O mia patria" ("O my country").