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Imantaghavi Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Syllabus division

Hi,

Would anyone please help me and tell me the exact rule of dividing syllables?

For example for the word "applicant", it is said to have three sylables. How?

Is that the matter of vowels division?

Any help is highly appreciated in advance,

Iman
  

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Applicant , Count the vowels in it .. you will find 3 To find the number of syllables in a word, use the following steps Count the vowels in the word. ) The number of vowels sounds left is the same as the number of syllables.

— Obaidtariq

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  • you will find 3 To find the number of syllables in a word, use the following steps Count the vowels in the word.
  • ) The number of vowels sounds left is the same as the number of syllables.
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Applicant , Count the vowels in it .. you will find 3 Emotion: smile

To find the number of syllables in a word, use the following steps
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Hi

I must confess to having troubles in breaking words into syllables (not "syllabus" Emotion: wink) in my own language, sometimes
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Dear Obaid,

That was amazingly fruitful.

But how about "interesting"? It has four vowels, but I wonder if it must be placed in three-syllabled words.Isn't that the matter of how we pronounce a word?

Because when we pronunce the word "interesting" it seems to have three vowls(the first "e" isn't pronunced).

Thank you in advance,

Iman
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Thanks a lot Tanit.

Is the word "interesting" one of those special cases?

Because when we pronunce the word "interesting" it seems to have three vowls(the first "e" isn't pronunced).

Regards,

Iman
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thanks, I guess its pronounced with 4 vowels .. but still not sure ..

Kindly look at the following links .. They might help you .. Thanks
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Um, tricky one!

I'd have said it's a three-syllable word, but Merriam Webster spells it as a four-syllable one!

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interesting

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Interesting is one of those interesting words that can be pronounced two ways: in this case, either as in-ter-est-ing or in-trest-ing.
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Thank you Tanit very much.
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Hi CSnyder,

Yes. I agree with you.

Thank you for your time.

Iman
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