If the verb has a 'd' or a 't' sound before 'ed' you need to pronounce 'id'. If it doesn't, don't pronounce an extra syllable. Be careful! It's the sound, not the letter: 'decide' is pronounced 'decide-id' even though it ends in 'e', because we don't say the 'e', so the last sound is 'd'.So for example:For the other two sounds it doesn't matter so much.f it doesn't, don't pronounce an extra syllable. Be careful! It's the sound, not the letter: 'decide' is pronounced 'decide-id' even though it ends in 'e', because we don't say the 'e', so the last sound is 'd'.
Whether you prefer Thin Mints or Samoas, the pint-sized entrepreneurs peddling their sweet treats are making an awful lot of dough off of our national obsession with Girl Scout cookies. In fact, all told, the Girl Scout Cookie Program is an $8 million business.
Like us on Facebook. 1  Itâs been nearly 100 years since the Girl Scouts sold their first cookiesâwhich the troopers and their moms made from scratch in their kitchens and wrapped in wax paperâfor 25 to 35 cents per dozen. 2  Unfortunately for some cookies, in with the new means out with the old.