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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Pronounciation / fourths (s in fourths)
fourths, sevenths, eighths.......
He left three0fourths of it on the doorstep.
How do you pronounce(or handle) s preceded by th?
Do you just not pronounce it?
Do you make th longer and leave out s sound?
or?....
He left three0fourths of it on the doorstep.
How do you pronounce(or handle) s preceded by th?
Do you just not pronounce it?
Do you make th longer and leave out s sound?
or?....
Top answer
I see nothing exceptional in the pronunciation. Since the th is unvoiced in your examples, it is followed by an unvoiced s. CB
- I see nothing exceptional in the pronunciation.
- Since the th is unvoiced in your examples, it is followed by an unvoiced s.
- CB
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I see nothing exceptional in the pronunciation. Since the th is unvoiced in your examples, it is followed by an unvoiced s.
CB
CB
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All the sounds are there, but it takes practice by students whose native language does not have such consonant groups:
/four?s/
Also: /str???s/, /g?r?s/, etc.
/four?s/
Also: /str???s/, /g?r?s/, etc.
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