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"The Method - Pronunciation Manual - A New, Easy Way to Learn English" offers a new, totally different approach to the confusion how to pronounce words in English, which comes from the fact that you see letters that are not what you think they are. It jumps the difficult barrier to the understanding of the pronunciation code used in all conventional dictionaries. The method in the presented here Pronunciation Manual makes it easy on you to learn Standard British English pronunciation (also known as Received Pronunciation) on your own, without a teacher. Pure simplicity and empowerment share the same space. The actual time required from you to understand how to pronounce a word, using The Method, is literally seconds – you simply read the pronunciation code the way you would read Spanish.
The Manual contains 5312 words, verbs, their various forms and two easy, practical methods to help you memorise them fast, using the natural power of mind and tips to help you correct easy to make fundamental grammatical mistakes, which you will find at the beginning of the manual.

How This Manual Came to Be?
My method of teaching pronunciation has became, so widely accepted by the people I have worked with over the past decade that they were those who actually requested me to publish it. Among them are: business owners, business consultants and professionals, directors of multinational companies, students, YouTubers, representatives of the banking and pharmaceutical industry, medical doctors, football players, teachers of English, writers, entire families, people preparing for holiday or business trips, exams or moving abroad.

A brief example of what you'll find in the book follows below.
NOTE: Read the phonetic 'code' on the left hand side of the sign = like you would do in Spanish.

answer = an_s(e)
To pronounce this word, make a sound that comes from the throat. (In English it is called 'schwa', represented in dictionaries with 'ə', but for the Spanish speakers I call it 'erupto'. It sounds like the Catalan: cantar, banyar, guanyar or the French: petite, cela; nous ferons; vous serez; rappeler.)

stop = sssTop
Pronounced like you would 'sábado', 'serpiente', 'semana', 'sol'. No word in English that starts with an 's' will be pronounced 'es'. 'Es' is only the letter in the alphabet. Like you would not say 'esSabado', 'esSerpiente', 'esSemana' or 'esSol'.

like = laiiiiiiK
The problem here is that when speaking Spanish is fine not to say the words to the end, but it is not the case in English where by missing the end of the word you can actually change its meaning, example for this is: 'like' – gustar, which becomes 'lie' – mentira, by not saying the word to the end.

A lot of vowels of the same kind, like in the of case, 'laiiiiiiK' or vehicle = viIii_k(e)l, mean that you'll have to make that sound longer.
If you see a single vowel like the one in the word 'sssTop' you will have to make the sound 'o' short.

How do you say LinkedIn? Here is the right pronunciation: LinkedIn = linKT_in.

One of the main 'ingredients' for a fluent conversation is a good pronunciation. There is no need to speak like a native, but be understood. If you have to repeat, explain or write down what you want to say – you have lost the fluency of the conversation. Pronunciation is important.

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The author of the current Pronunciation Manual, Pett Corby's first book is titled "How to Avoid Unplanned Pregnancy WITHOUT Using Contraceptive Drugs" and it is available in English, Spanish and Bulgarian here on Smashword.