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Dileepa Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

How to pronounce "there"?

In the Oxford dictionary the IPA script for the "there" is /ðe?(r)/. However, I can not understand what are the situations that we need to pronounce the last /r/ sound correctly. Is it depends on the beginning sound of the next word?

  

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There rhymes with (that is, it's pronounced the same except for the beginning letter): fair, dare, tear (rip), mayor, care, bear, fare, hair, hare, lair, pear, rare, and wear.

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  • There rhymes with (that is, it's pronounced the same except for the beginning letter): fair, dare, tear (rip), mayor, care, bear, fare, hair, hare, lair, pear, rare, and wear.
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There rhymes with (that is, it's pronounced the same except for the beginning letter): fair, dare, tear (rip), mayor, care, bear, fare, hair, hare, lair, pear, rare, and wear.

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dileepaHowever, I can not understand what are the situations that we need to pronounce the last /r/ sound correctly.

There isn't just one pronunciation. Exact pronunciation varies according to which accent a person has.

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Words run together; there is no space between words when you speak naturally.

It's easier to explain if you think of "their", as the sound is the same.

If we talk about "their children", we will say "theirchildren", and clearly we pronounce the "r" in "their".

But if we talk about "their rabbits" [excuse my clumsy phonetics], we will say "ðe?ræb?ts". The "r" of "their

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