From c9ae840d988a0ee42d639073c3d38f2e030e4240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xiaolai Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 12:50:39 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] keep updated --- 1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/draft.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/draft.md b/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/draft.md index 0f1d62e6..c1894e7c 100644 --- a/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/draft.md +++ b/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/draft.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ## 01. English Alphabet -Modern English is composed of *26* letters, each with both *uppercase* and *lowercase* forms. English stands out among European languages for not using [diacritics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic), which are special marks added to letters to alter their pronunciation or meaning. +Modern English is composed of *26* letters, each with both *uppercase* and *lowercase* forms. English stands out among European languages for not using [diacritics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic), which are special marks added to letters to alter their pronunciation or meaning, such as *â*, *é* or *ç*, etc. [NATO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO) has a system that uses common words to identify each letter, which is particularly helpful for military and civil aviation, emergency serivces, radio or phone communication, and many others to avoid confusion when spelling out words.