How is 2020 pronounced?
The year 2020 will be “twenty-twenty,” and the year 2115 will be “twenty-one-fifteen.”
How do you spell the word award?
What’s the meaning of award?
1 : something that is conferred or bestowed especially on the basis of merit or need a film that has won several awards. 2a : a judgment or final decision especially : the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted to them.
Do you pronounce the g in length?
So, the “g” is not actually pronounced as a “g,” but it is not a “silent” letter either. It is actually pronounced in words such as “anger” and “linger”—but the same sort of thing does not happen in “strength” and “length” because of the “th” sound that follows immediately after.
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