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Grammarcramer10 Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
How many syllables are there in "diphtheria''?
In Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
diph.theria = two syllables
In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
diph.ther.i.a = four syllables
Can someone elaborate on that?
diph.theria = two syllables
In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
diph.ther.i.a = four syllables
Can someone elaborate on that?
Top answer
Four syllables, as in the Longman dictionary. The stress is on the second syllable.
- Four syllables, as in the Longman dictionary.
- The stress is on the second syllable.
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Four syllables, as in the Longman dictionary. The stress is on the second syllable.
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grammarcramer10In Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionarydiph.theria = two syllables Can someone elaborate on that?OALD does't syllabify words. Second, I don't know where you got that idea from whatever listed in OALD
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