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Darcy Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The symbols • and ' between brackets

actually [æk•chully]

average[ævr'j]

catholic [cæth•l’k]

different [diffr'nt]

vegetable [vej•t'bl]

liberal [libr'l]



Do you know what the symbols • and ' between brackets mean?

Explain what • and ' between brackets are.

Thanks for reading.
  

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Sorry I cannot work this out. Might be some short sound between the syllables. To my way of talking, these pronounciation guides have left out at least 1 syllable in each word.

  • Sorry I cannot work this out.
  • Might be some short sound between the syllables.
  • To my way of talking, these pronounciation guides have left out at least 1 syllable in each word.
  • Maybe whoever talks this way might know.
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Sorry I cannot work this out. Might be some short sound between the syllables. To my way of talking, these pronounciation guides have left out at least 1 syllable in each word. Maybe whoever talks this way might know.

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