query: Why is "sure" pronounced with a "sh" consonant (voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ])?
positive_passages.docid: 157428
positive_passages.text: Why are "sugar" and "sure" pronounced with an SH?
negative_passages.docid: 40748
negative_passages.text: What's this notation for marking up pronunciation?
negative_passages.docid: 38782
negative_passages.text: How to pronounce "p" in "hospital" and why?
negative_passages.docid: 13316
negative_passages.text: Why is "high" pronounced "hiy" but is not spelled that way?
negative_passages.docid: 53057
negative_passages.text: How to say the /p/ sound in the middle of words?
negative_passages.docid: 72664
negative_passages.text: Why is "cupboard" pronounced with a silent "p"?
negative_passages.docid: 109506
negative_passages.text: Pronunciation of "-st-". When is it "sd" and when "st"?
negative_passages.docid: 85334
negative_passages.text: omitting "s" in subjunctive mood
negative_passages.docid: 99608
negative_passages.text: Why is "bicycle" pronounced differently from other obviously related words?
negative_passages.docid: 44103
negative_passages.text: Is there a rule for pronouncing “th” at the beginning of a word?
negative_passages.docid: 41568
negative_passages.text: "Ph" for the /f/ sound; Is Old English responsible for this swap?
negative_passages.docid: 77350
negative_passages.text: What does ;; do in sh?
negative_passages.docid: 148309
negative_passages.text: When do we double the consonant before '-ing' affix?
negative_passages.docid: 79851
negative_passages.text: Should the number "0" be pronounced "zero" or "oh"?
negative_passages.docid: 71787
negative_passages.text: What is the difference between "du -sh *" and "du -sh ./*"?
negative_passages.docid: 145714
negative_passages.text: What is the correct pronunciation of the word “processes”?
negative_passages.docid: 62619
negative_passages.text: How are 'marry', 'merry', and 'Mary' pronounced differently?