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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
How to pronounce such expressions as consisting of at least two or more than three words?
For example,
as far as, as long as, in front of, in place of, in place of, ....
Are their vowel sounds all reduced to schwa sound "?" when pronounced fast?
As in
"æz f??r æz(as far as) >>> ?z f?r ?z"
"?n fr?nt ?v(in front of) >>> ?n fr?nt ?v"
"?n ple?s ?v(in place of) >>> ?n pl?s ?v"
Top answer
" when pronounced fast? No, not all. v" perhaps slightly less readily.
- " when pronounced fast?
- No, not all.
- v" perhaps slightly less readily.
- The other vowels are not perceived to do so.
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fire1Are their vowel sounds all reduced to schwa sound "?" when pronounced fast?
No, not all. In those examples, "as" readily reduces to "?z", and "of" reduces to "?v" perhaps slightly less readily. The other vowels are not perceived to do so.
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fire1Are their vowel sounds all reduced to schwa sound "?" when pronounced fast?
If you're speaking so fast that all vowels are reduced to schwas, you probably won't be understood and you should slow down.
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