Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects. Adjectives with Countable and Uncountable Nouns. 
The Difference between Adjectives and Adverbs. Spelling: Common Words that Sound Alike. Writing Letters of Recommendation for Students. Until you attempt to learn another language you cannot fully appreciate how difficult it can be and why some people never get rid of their accents. I simply could not make some of the sounds, and I could not even tell when I got lucky and actually produced some of the sounds correctly. I speak English, and the language that gave me the most trouble when I was studying foreign languages was French. It was not until I began taking foreign languages in school that I realized that some of the mouth movements needed to make the sounds in other languages are not needed in my language. When you speak your language from the time you are a child and you speak this language every day, you do not give much consideration to how you create the sounds that go along with the language. It was amazing how quickly the problem was fixed, and this was a major relief for me. From that day forward, I had no trouble saying words that started with S. I spent about 30 minutes in her office, and we worked through some exercises where I had to hold my mouth a certain way. My teacher sent me to the speech therapist right then. Well, everyone except me got a big laugh. 
Do you have any idea how embarrassing this can be? My S sounds came out as an F sound, so one day when I had to read out loud during class about "the smart fox" everyone got a big laugh. When I was little I absolutely could not make the S sound. However, a teenager using those same words wouldn't be so cute, so I guess those funny pronunciations are better left in the past. It was cute at the time, and I miss the funny words.
It makes me laugh when I think back and remember how my kids pronounced some words when they were growing up. After reading this article I can better understand why children have such a hard time saying certain words when they are young.
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