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The word the

When is the word 'the' pronounced thee?
  

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Before a vowel sound, usually. 'the' table - 'thee' apple - 'the' time - 'thee' hour.

  • Before a vowel sound, usually.
  • 'the' table - 'thee' apple - 'the' time - 'thee' hour.
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Before a vowel sound, usually.
'the' table - 'thee' apple - 'the' time - 'thee' hour.
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I'm always making mistakes about "the or thee".I don't know but i always use it with aevery thing.I really have difficulty with this word.
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More and more people don't follow such rule anymore. Sometimes ' the ' sounds just good even though ' thee ' is the rule for following word starting with a vowel sound eg ' thee open forum '

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