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    Strong & Weak Forms

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    Strong and weak forms refer to the pronunciation of words in English. [1] Most words are stressed on one syllable and do not have distinct strong and weak forms. [2] Monosyllabic words like function words can have different pronunciations depending on stress, with the weak form being more common. [3] For example, the weak form of the indefinite article "a" is the schwa sound [ə], except when stress is needed to emphasize indefiniteness.

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    Strong and weak forms refer to the pronunciation of words in English. [1] Most words are stressed on one syllable and do not have distinct strong and weak forms. [2] Monosyllabic words like function words can have different pronunciations depending on stress, with the weak form being more common. [3] For example, the weak form of the indefinite article "a" is the schwa sound [ə], except when stress is needed to emphasize indefiniteness.

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    Strong and weak forms refer to the pronunciation of words in English. [1] Most words are stressed on one syllable and do not have distinct strong and weak forms. [2] Monosyllabic words like function words can have different pronunciations depending on stress, with the weak form being more common. [3] For example, the weak form of the indefinite article "a" is the schwa sound [ə], except when stress is needed to emphasize indefiniteness.

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    Strong and weak forms refer to the pronunciation of words in English. [1] Most words are stressed on one syllable and do not have distinct strong and weak forms. [2] Monosyllabic words like function words can have different pronunciations depending on stress, with the weak form being more common. [3] For example, the weak form of the indefinite article "a" is the schwa sound [ə], except when stress is needed to emphasize indefiniteness.

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    Strong & Weak Forms

    In English, most words will have at least one


    stressed syllable, and hence no separate strong
    and weak forms. All words which do have
    distinct strong and weak forms are
    monosyllables, and are usually function words
    or discourse particles. For most of these, the
    weak form is the one usually encountered in
    speech. As the extreme example, the strong
    form of the indefinite article a is used only in
    the rare cases when the word is stressed:
    naming the word, or when emphasizing
    indefiniteness.
    Question: "Did you find the cat?"
    Answer: "I found a [ə] cat." (i.e. maybe not the one
    you were referring to)
    Otherwise (unless one is risking pomposity) the weak
    form [ə] is used for a.
    The main words with weak forms in Received
    Pronunciation are:
    a, am, an, and, are, as, at, be, been, but, can, could, do,
    does, for, from, had, has, have, he, her, him, his, just,
    me, must, of, shall, she, should, some, than, that, the,
    them, there, to, us, was, we, were, who, would, you
    DETERMINER/QUANTIFIERS
    orthograph strong weak
    y form(s) form(s)
    the ði: ðə

    a/an eɪ, æn ə, ən

    some sʌm səm


    PRONOUNS
    orthograph strong weak
    y form(s) form(s)
    his hɪz ɪz
    him hɪm ɪm
    her hɜ: ə
    you ju: jʊ, jə
    your jɔ: jə
    she ʃi: ʃɪ
    he hi: ɪ
    we wi: wɪ
    them ðem ðəm
    us ʌs əs
    PREPOSITIONS
    orthogra strong weak
    phy form(s) form(s)

    than ðæn ðən


    at æt ət
    for fo: fə
    from fɹɒm fɹəm, fəm

    of ɒv əv, v
    to tu: tə, tʊ
    as æz əz, z
    there ðeə ðə
    CONJUNCTIONS
    orthograp strong weak
    hy form(s) form(s)

    and ænd ənd


    but bʌt bət
    that ðæt ðət
    AUXILIARIES
    orthograp strong weak
    hy form(s) form(s)
    can kæn kən
    could kʊd kəd
    have hæv əv, v
    has hæz əz, z
    had hæd əd, d
    will wɪl l
    shall ʃæl ʃəl, ʃl,
    should ʃʊd ʃəd
    must mʌst məst
    do du: də
    does dʌz dəz
    am æm əm
    are ɑ: ə
    was wɒz wəz
    were wɜ: wə
    PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION
    TEXT
    Frustration is a burst hot-water bottle, or loathing
    every moment of a holiday you're paying a fortune
    for. It's using the wrong side of the Sellotape,
    forgetting what you were going to say, or locking
    yourself out. Frustration is other people parking in
    front of your garage, or a stranger reading a
    riveting letter on the bus and turning over before
    you get to the bottom of the page.

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