Pronunciation of the pronoun: yours in unstressed position
Hello, the question: Is she a friend of yours? phonetically looks like [?z?i(y)? 'fr?n?d?v y??rz?]
I think that the pronoun is unstressed as long I don't shift stress for emphasize. Right?
I checked the dictionary and the pronoun "your" can be pronounced as y??r, y?r, yo?r; unstressed y?r
However the pronoun "yours" only has the form "y??rz". There is no "y?rz" without that short '?' vowel. So, if I pronounce "y?rz" instead of "y??rz" is not correct. Am I right?
Top answer
Yes.
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