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How to Pronounced REACH, RICH, PEACH, PITCH, EACH, ITCH – English Pronunciation Minimal Pair Lesson

Learn to pronounce the short i, long e, and ch sounds in this lesson. This video addresses the minimal pairs of reach and rich, peach and pitch, and each and itch.

Pronunciation:

reach and pitch /riʧ, rɪʧ/

peach and pitch /piʧ, pɪʧ/

each and itch /iʧ, ɪʧ/

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

Transcript:

Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech!

I had so many requests lately that we have another sound comparison lesson today. Our sounds are the long e and the short i. This is very confusing for many of my students. We’re going to break that down and both of these sounds are in combination with the c h sound that is right after them.

So let’s start with this c h sound ch.

How do we make this sound? What you are going to do is you are going to start by touching the tip of your tongue to the same spot where you would say a t sound t t t.

Put your tongue there – t- then pull your tongue back into the middle of your mouth. My lips are slightly rounded for this sound ch.

Excellent!

We have that part finished. Now let’s talk about this long e and the short i sound. The big difference here is that e is a tense sound and i is a more relaxed sound. So for that e we’re going to start by smiling. Your tongue will be very high and very flat in your mouth

e e e

Now if you watch what i’m going to do is I’m going just to relax my lips e i e i

And I have my hand here for a reason. You can see that as I relax my lips from that e i

my tongue will automatically pop down and be a little lower in my mouth. It’s still flat but it’s a little bit lower. So it’s high and tense. Pops down a little bit and is still high and flat but a little bit lower and more relaxed. So again let’s look at those two sounds e i e i e i

Now let’s add that c h e
each each each
and itch itch itch

And we actually have those words right here.

Let’s try this with some other sounds
reach reach reach
rich rich rich

So again
reach rich
reach rich

peach pitch
peach pitch
peach pitch

each itch
each itch

Let’s give these all a try one more time
reach peach each
rich pitch itch
reach rich
peach pitch
each itch

So reach for your goals and you will become rich!
I ate a peach after I had to pitch the ball to my friend.
And
Each time I use a new laundry detergent I get an itch.

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share this with your friends and give us a like. If you need more help you can check out our products and our class options at tarle speech.

Thanks so much everyone. I appreciate you! Have a great weekend!

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How to Pronounce STEEL & STEAL – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words STEEL & STEAL with this American English Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

STEEL is a strong material used in contraction or to prepare yourself to do something different.

STEAL means a bargain or to take with our permission.

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced S-T-long E-L or /stil/.

Sentence:

The steel worker tried to steal a moment of rest since his job was so physically difficult.

You may find this helpful:

The Long E sound /i/ – English Pronunciation Lessons Playlist

Transcript:

Hi everyone! This is Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. These are two words that are pronounced exactly the same way. They have different spellings and different meanings.

Our words today are steal: which means to take without permission or a bargain.

And steel: a strong metal used in construction or to prepare yourself to do something different.

Let’s take a look at our words four little sounds today.

So to say these words correctly start with the s. Make sure if you have the tendency to say eh steal, to just take an extra second to get that air going, and keep it going for the s.

Then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for that t sound. Then smile – high flat tongue for that e and then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for the l.

steel steal
steel steal
steel steal
steel steal

And now for a sentence:

The steel worker tried to steal a moment of rest since his job was so physically difficult.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful we would love it if you shared us with your friends. If you need help, check out our products and our classes on Tarle speech.

Thanks so much everyone! Have an amazing week!

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English Pronunciation Lesson: OWN, PHONE, STONE, CONE, BONE, LOAN, ZONE

Learn how to pronounce the words OWN, PHONE, STONE, CONE, BONE, LOAN, ZONE with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Pronunciation:

OWN /oʊn/ PHONE /foʊn/ STONE /stoʊn/ CONE /koʊn/ BONE /boʊn/ LOAN /loʊn/ ZONE /zoʊn/

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

Transcript:

Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle Speech.

I have a quick follow-up to last week’s lesson.   I was going through my requests and I noticed a pattern here.  Last week we talked about o with an l at the end of a word. And today we’re going to be talking about o with an n at the end of the word, which is almost exactly the same tip that I’m going to give you from last week, which is to make sure your tongue hits the right spot behind your top front teeth and that you hold it there for that n sound. So I guess some of you can just stop watching the video now; but I hope you continue to watch.

All right,  so we have two sounds today O and N.   That’s the n sound where the air will move out of your nose for that sound.  Okay so let’s start with the O.   If you watched last week you know that my mouth moves from open to a pucker for that o sound.  When my mouth moves my tongue tip starts low in my mouth with the back of my tongue pulled up and then it moves to sort of in the middle of my mouth.  The front is going to, the tip, is going to be pointing out the front of my mouth and the back is still pulled up a tiny bit. o o o

Now last week we talked about L this week we are talking about N.  Your tongue is in the same spot.  Your tongue is going to be touching the back of your top front teeth. Very specifically it’s going to be touching where your teeth meet the skin part of the roof of your mouth. The difference here is air is moving out of your nose.  I also suggest that you follow my other tip from last week which is to try to pull your lips back a little bit more into a smiling shape and they should not be as rounded or puckered at the end. That’s going to help you sort of get that difference between those two sounds.

For those of you that it sounds like maybe your n isn’t there or maybe um you’re also struggling with not getting that nice long o in there and then this will help you sort of transition from that o into the n sound. Okay so let’s put those two sounds together O N.

And I just thought about this we’re actually practicing a real word here so i’m going to write this down.  And our word is own.  Now let’s try this combination in some other words:

phone phone phone

stone stone stone

cone cone cone

bone bone bone

loan loan loan and

zone zone zone

One last final tip for all of you out there is don’t be afraid to really move your mouth to really go for those sounds and really exaggerate. What you’re doing often times, that’s the difference, it’s just people are afraid to move their mouth and if you try to move it a little bit more, oftentimes that solves a lot of problems. So one more time through with the words

own

phone

cone

bone

loan and

zone

So give me a sentence and give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful as always we’d love it if you gave us a like or share this with your friend. If you need help check us out on Tarle speech for all of our class options and products thanks everyone have a great week.

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English Pronunciation Lesson: GO, GOAL, HOE, HOLE, ROW, ROLE, BOW, BOWL, SO, SOUL, DOUGH, DOLE

Learn how to pronounce the words GO, GOAL, HOE, HOLE, ROW, ROLE, BOW, BOWL, SO, SOUL, DOUGH, DOLE with this American English.

 

Pronunciation:

GO, GOAL /goʊ, goʊl/

HOE, HOLE /hoʊ, hoʊl/

ROW, ROLE /roʊ, roʊl/

BOW, BOWL /baʊ, boʊl/

SO, SOUL/soʊ, soʊl/

DOUGH, DOLE /doʊ, doʊl/

Transcript:

hi there Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week we have a sound study today the long o at the end of the word versus the long o with an l, OL, at the end of a word. This is really confusing for a lot of my students. So let’s take a look at some words and how just missing one sound can change the whole meaning. So we have go and goal, hoe and whole/hole, row and roll, bow and bowl, so and soul, and doe and dole.

So let’s start with this o vowel. So I want you to just look at my mouth to get started oh.

What I’m doing here is I’m opening my mouth the back of my tongue is pulled high up and the tip of my tongue is down in the bottom of my mouth. Down in the bottom in the middle of my mouth. Then I am moving my mouth to a more closed shape and my lips are puckering. When I do that the tip of my tongue moves from down here to flatter and in the middle of my mouth. Sort of pointing out at the end of that o sound.

o o o

Excellent!

Now when we have to add that L this gets super confusing.
What you need to remember for the L is that the tip of your tongue is going to touch the back of your top front teeth. To be really specific because I’ve been getting some questions about this, it’s the spot where your teeth meet the roof of your mouth. L. When you make the L the l sound at the end of the word you can see my lips are pulled back a little tiny bit. It’s more in a smile shape. Also my tongue will stay at that spot where my teeth meet the roof of my mouth for an extra second before I release it. So I really get that nice long L sound. Yes native speakers might not do this but they’re marking that difference in different ways, but for people who really need to make themselves clear, I highly recommend that you hold your tongue there just for an extra second to make that l nice and long and strong. So when we put the o and the l together it’s going to look like this:
OL
OL

You can see my tongue is moving from here to the middle and then to the top. Bottom middle top. And my lips are moving from open, to pucker, to a smile. So let’s look at that again OL.

Now let’s try this in some words. Let’s try words that end in o first
go
hoe
row
bow
so
and doe/dough

Now let’s add that L
goal
whole
roll
bowl
soul
and dole

Let’s give them a try again:
go goal
hoe whole
row roll
bow bowl
sew soul
doe dole

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please give us a like and share with your friends. If you need some more help check out our products and classes at Tarle speech.

Thanks so much everyone have a great week!

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How to Pronounce GUEST & GUESSED – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words GUEST & GUESSED with this American English Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

A Guest is a person who is invited to a guest.

Guessed means an estimate.

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced GEST or /gɛst/.

Sentence:

The guest guessed the surprise.

This may be helpful:

Final consonant clusters (more than one sound) at the end of words playlist

Transcript:

Hi there jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday! These are two words that are homophones. These are words that are pronounced exactly the same way. Yes the words are pronounced the same way. They are spelled differently and they have different meanings.

So our words today are
guest a person who was invited to an event and
guessed an estimate.

Here are the words.

So to say these words correctly we’re going to start with that g sound. G. To make a g sound the tip of your tongue is way low in the bottom of your mouth. The back of your tongue is pulled up. It can be touching the roof of your mouth in some cases. G G G

Next we’re going to move to that short EH sound. And to do this you’re going to have an open mouth and the tip of your tongue is just going to be peeking out between your top and your bottom teeth. EH EH EH

Next we’re going to move to that s. sssss. Air is going to move out of the mouth. The tip of your tongue can either be slightly pointed down or behind your top front teeth. It is not touching.

Then we are going to touch the teeth for that t. T.

Put it all together:
G EH S T
guest guessed
guest guessed
guest guessed
guest guessed

And now for a sentence:

The guest guessed the surprise.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference!

If you found this helpful we would love it if you shared us with your friends and if you were looking for more help check out our products and our classes at Tarle speech.

All the best everyone have an amazing week!

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How to Pronounce WARN & WORN – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words WARN & WORN with this American English Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

WARN means to inform of possible danger.

WORN damaged, tired, or the past participle of to wear.

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced W-OR-N or /wɔrn/.

Sentence:

The clerk tried to warn the customer that some of the clothes for sale had already been worn.

Transcript:

Hi everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. These are words that are homophones and pronounced exactly the same way. They have different spellings and different meanings.

Our words today are warn: to inform of possible danger and warn: which means damaged, tired, or the past participle of to wear.

So to say these words correctly we have three sounds. We’re going to start with a w – wwww. Your lips are very puckered and your tongue is just flat in your mouth.

Next we’re going to move to the or. The good news is your lips are already puckered for the w. Now you just need to pull them back into a square tense shape as you move the tip of your tongue down or flip it back and the back of your tongue is going to be pulled up high. or or or

And then you’re going to end with the n sound. Tip of the tongue touches the back of the top front teeth. Air moves out of your nose.

Let’s put that all together!

w or worn
worn worn worn worn worn worn

And now for a sentence:

The clerk tried to warn the customer that some of the clothes for sale had already been worn.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share us with your friends and if you need more help check out our products and classes at Tarle speech.

All the best for an amazing week everyone!

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How to Pronounce METER, CENTIMETER, MILLIMETER, THERMOMETER, SPEEDOMETER – English Pronunciation

Learn how to pronounce the words METER, CENTIMETER, MILLIMETER, THERMOMETER, SPEEDOMETER with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

METER is a unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches)

CENTIMETER a metric unit of length, equal to one hundredth of a meter

MILLIMETER is one thousandth of a meter

THERMOMETER is an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature

SPEEDOMETER is an instrument on a vehicle’s dashboard indicating its speed

Pronunciation:

METER /midər/

CENTIMETER /sɛntəˌmitər/

MILLIMETER /mɪləˌmitər/

THERMOMETER /θərˈmɑmətər/

SPEEDOMETER /spiˈdɑmətər/

Most of the time, when a suffix is added to a root word, the syllable stress remains the same. However, there are some suffixes that impose stress, OMETER does this and the stress changes.

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

 

Transcript:

Hi there! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question.

Our question today is how do I pronounce the word meter and a meter is a unit of length.

To pronounce this word we are going to think of two beats me and der.

Let’s start with that me. Put your lips together for that m air moves out of your nose then smile and your tongue will be high and flat in your mouth for that long e me.

Now for the der. This is actually a flap t which I like to teach as a really fast d. And to do that you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the top of your mouth super fast. Almost to your front teeth but a little bit further back, kind of where your skin just starts the roof of your mouth.

Then you’re going to end with that er. To do this square tense lips your tongue is either pointing down or flipped back. But the back needs to be pulled high up and it needs to stay there and be stable. Tip of your tongue is not moving. Again it is pointed down or flipped back. We don’t want that tongue to be moving.

Let’s put that together me der.

Now when we add a prefix to this word, the word meter is going to stay the same and we can add centa meter or milli meter. The tip for you here is is that we are going to use that schwa syllable in that word. So you’re going to have sent a meter centimeter and mill a meter millimeter. So we have again meter centimeter and millimeter.

Now what about this? What about when we have a suffix with meter in it? when we have a suffix with meter in it what is happening is we are going to pronounce that differently because the stress changes. So when we add the ometer to a word we are always going to stress that om part. Add the schwa uh and then end with a der.

So let’s give that a try. We have thermometer and speedometer. So we have thur mom udder and sped ometer so
thurmometer
spedometer

thermometer thermometer thermometer
speedometer speedometer speedometer

Let’s flip back and try these words again so you can hear the difference. We have meter centimeter and millimeter

Now we’re going to change the stress for the ometer suffix which is the ending for words like thermometer and speedometer. So I hope you found this tip helpful.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference and if you found this helpful please share us with your friends. Thank you for all of your likes and your shares and we look forward to seeing you next week thanks everyone have a great week!

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How to Pronounce IMMUNE, IMMUNIZE, IMMUNITY- American English Pronunciation Word Stress

Learn how to pronounce the words IMMUNE, IMMUNIZE, IMMUNITY with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

IMMUNE means to be resistant to an infection.

Pronunciation:

IMMUNE – IH-M’YOU’N or UH-M’YOU’N or /ɪmˈjun, ˈɪmjuˌnaɪz, ɪmˈjunəti/

IMMUNIZE – IM-YOU-NIZ or /ɪmjuˌnaɪz/

IMMUNITY – IM-YOU-NUH-DEE or /ɪmˈjunəti/

Most of the time, when a suffix is added to a root word, the syllable stress remains the same. However, there are some suffixes that impose stress, ITY does this and the stress changes. When words get longer and have more syllables, then some syllables must get faster and shorter. Often times, this leads to an UH or schwa in words.

Transcript:

Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week! Our question today is how to pronounce the words

immune which means resistant to an infection
immunize and immunity

So let’s take a look at these words. We have immune, immunize, and immunity. So let’s start with word number one. You are going to pronounce this word by stressing syllable 2. So that syllable is going to be louder and higher in pitch and the vowel is going to be longer. And in this case we are going to use the vowel u as in you out there.

Now for syllable number one, I have it listed as a short I because I think most people tend to read it this way. Keep in mind that this is a short unstressed syllable so the vowel is going to be shorter and relaxed and unstressed. You can say ummune or immune either is fine. They’re both super close. The key is it’s unstressed and it’s very short. So again right here we have

immune immune immune

Now when we add the ize everything is going to say the same.

imuniz immunize immunize immunize

That syllable stress is going to stay the same and we’re going to continue stressing syllable number two.

Last when we have immunity the stress stays the same. Oh my goodness! If you watched my video last week you know that this ity is a stress imposing suffix and it will change the rules and it means that you shift the stress. In this case you don’t have to shift the stress because we always stress the syllable right before the Uh D. And in this case it’s still the U so that’s why this confuses some people because we don’t change that stress.

So we have im you nadi
im you nadi

Let’s try them all together:
immune immune immune
immunize immunize immunize
immunity immunity immunity
immune immunize immunity

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Have the best weekend everyone thank you!

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How to Pronounce FERTILE, FERTILIZE, FERTILITY; EQUAL, EQUALIZE, EQUALITY – English Word Stress

Learn how to pronounce the words FERTILE, FERTILIZE, FERTILITY; EQUAL, EQUALIZE, EQUALITY with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

FERTILE means capable of producing.

EQUAL means being the same amount, size, or volume.

Pronunciation:

FERTILE: fer-dul or /ˈfɜrtəl/

FERTILIZE: fer-duh-lize or /‘fɜrtəˌlaɪz/

FERTILITY: fer-til-uh-dee or /fərˈtɪləti/

EQUAL: ee-kwul or /ˈikwəl/

EQUALIZE: ee-kwuh-lize or /ikwəˌlaɪz/

EQUALITY: ee-kwal-uh-dee or /ɪˈkwɑləti/

Transcript:

Hello everyone it’s Jennifer with Tarle speech with your question of the week. Our question today is about adding suffixes to words and we have two words to talk about this. Our words are fertile and equal. So when we are talking about prefixes and suffixes, we always have to think about the root word or the main word. So our main word here is fertile and equal. So to pronounce these words we are going to stress syllable one in both of these root words. So we have fer dull and e kwul.

So fertile and equal. Now most of the time when we add a prefix or a suffix to a word the root word, stress does not change, and we see this when we add this ize suffix and we have fer duh liz and e kwuh liz.

So we’re still going to have the stress on syllable one. There is a difference that you might be seeing and hearing in these words and that is that we’re going to use this short uh sound in the middle of the word, that schwa sound. And the reason is, is that as words get longer, the beats get shorter , and so we’re oftentimes going to have that short quick schwa sound in a longer word. So we have fertilize and equalize. So we have fertile and fertilize; equal equalize. sS you can hear I’m stressing syllable one and making that louder, longer, and higher in both of these cases.

Now we have some suffixes, some additions to the end of words, that we call stress exception suffixes. They impose a new stress rule and we see that when we add the i t y suffix. I have some other videos on this. I like to teach it as ity is pronounced uh dee uh dee

So again we have that schwa here, that uh sound. And then we have that long d with that long e vowel at the end. uh deeuh dee. When you see i t y we are going to pronounce it as uh dee. Now what happens to the stress? You can see I have it underlined. It’s a little tell for you. We’re going to shift the stress to right before the uh dee ending. So it’s going to be fer till adi and equality. So fertility and equality.

So let’s listen to all of these and I want you to listen from top to bottom. It remains the same for the first two and then shifts for the last two. So we have
fertile fertilize fertility
equal equalize equality

So again we have
fertile fertilize fertility
equal equalize equality

So again most of the time when we add a suffix to a word, the root word or the main word stays the same in terms of word and syllable stress. But we are going to shift that stress in some cases and we see that with this i t y suffix which we pronounce as uh dee and we are going to stress the syllable right before that ending.

So one more time all the way through.
fertile fertilize fertility
equal equalized equality

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share us with your friends. If you’re looking for more help check out our products on google play iTunes and our classes at Tarle speech.

Thank you everyone!

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How to Pronounce TRAITOR & TRADER – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words TRAITOR & TRADER with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

TRAITOR is a person who betrays.

TRADER is a person who buys and sells goods.

Pronunciation:

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: TR-long A-D-ER or /treɪdər/.

Sentence:

The trader was known as a traitor amongst his co-workers.

This may be helpful:

Consonant Clusters – S, R, L, W Blends – American English Pronunciation Playlist

Transcript:

Hi everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. This is a homophone lesson – two words that are pronounced exactly the same way. So again these words are pronounced the same way. They have different spellings and different definitions for words today are trader, which is a person who buys and sells goods; and then a traitor, a person who betrays.

So two syllables, two beats in these words. We’re going to start with that tray. This is a little bit tricky so let’s break this down a bit. You’re going to start with that t sound and that is made by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth. You are then going to move directly to that r sound. You have options for this. You can either flip the tip of your tongue back away from your teeth or point it down to the bottom of the mouth and the back of the tongue is going to be pulled up. Have your lips ready as soon as you start this word in a square tense shape for that r. tr

So what i’m doing here is my tongue is here, my lips are ready for the er, and I move my tongue down to the bottom of my mouth and I pull the back of my tongue up for that r. tr tr

You can do tr tr that’s a little bit harder for me, but I can do it if I think about it. And then we’re going to end with that long a sound. To do this your mouth opens wide, tip of the tongue is low, back is pulled up, and then your tongue moves too high and flat and smiling lips. tray tray

Then we’re going to end with that syllable der. To do that touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth and then pull it again down or flip it back for the er sound. This is actually the flap t and what that is, is think of it as a super fast d sound. Okay so I’m going to teach it as the d sound. If you say it slowly it’s going to be fine but officially and technically, you want it to be super fast you want it to be that flap sound.

So let’s put all that together tray der tray der
trader trader trader
traitor traitor traitor

And now for a sentence:
The trader was known as a traitor amongst his co-workers.

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please give us a like and share us with your friends.

Thanks everyone have a great week!

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