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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
The or ''thi''
I wonder if it's true that the key to decide how to pronounce 'The' before consonant sounds lies in intuition?
Eg., The uncle ( it will be pronounecd as 'thi' and not the)
The United States of America (it's pronounced as the and not 'thi' if I am not wrong ).
or the hen and the hour(it is pronounced as 'thi' before hour am I right?).
A teacher told me here, that the key to choosing between an and a lies in the pronounciation rather than the spelling and I thought that perhaps with theit's the same
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Eg., The uncle ( it will be pronounecd as 'thi' and not the)
The United States of America (it's pronounced as the and not 'thi' if I am not wrong ).
or the hen and the hour(it is pronounced as 'thi' before hour am I right?).
A teacher told me here, that the key to choosing between an and a lies in the pronounciation rather than the spelling and I thought that perhaps with theit's the same
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The cause is indeed in the pronunciation, but it has nothing to do with intuition for the native speaker; it is merely the physics of articulation for smooth and rapid speech flow.
- The cause is indeed in the pronunciation, but it has nothing to do with intuition for the native speaker; it is merely the physics of articulation for smooth and rapid speech flow.
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The cause is indeed in the pronunciation, but it has nothing to do with intuition for the native speaker; it is merely the physics of articulation for smooth and rapid speech flow.
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