tailieunhanh - Tiếng anh oxford 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'tiếng anh oxford 9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | picture PICTURE The pronunciation of picture as if it were pitcher is common in some dialects but not standard. The first syllable should sound like pick. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 39 20 PIN number PIN number PIN Those who object to PIN number on the grounds that the N in PIN stands for number in the phrase personal identification number are quite right but it may be difficult to get people to say anything else. PIN was invented to meet the objection that a password consisting of nothing but numbers is not a word. Pronouncing each letter of the acronym as P-I-N blunts its efficiency. Saying just PIN reminds us of another common English word though few people are likely to think when they are told to enter PIN that they should shove a steel pin into the terminal they are operating. In writing anyway PIN is unambiguous and should be used without the redundant number. The same goes for VIN number VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number. And UPC code is redundant because UPC stands for Universal Product Code. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 39 21 playwrite PLAYWRITE PLAYWRIGHT It might seem as if a person who writes plays should be called a playwrite but in fact a playwright is a person who has wrought words into a dramatic form just as a wheelwright has wrought wheels out of wood and iron. All the other words ending in -wright are archaic or we d be constantly reminded of the correct pattern. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 39 .