Is pronunciation really important?

SEA_tide
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:54:57 +0000

Pronunciation is important, but people realize that you aren’t going to have perfect pronunciation. The variety of accents also means that the same word can be pronounced differently even between native speakers. Even if you can’t get the pronunciation exactly right, try your best. When it comes to writing, try not to carry over the mispronunciation unless you are writing a story where the character has an accent. The absence of misuse of the letter “s” when something is plural is particularly noticeable to me, though I can understand what you are saying.