Key to pronunciation. The pronunciations given are those in use among educated urban speakers of standard English in Britain and the United States. While avoiding strongly regionally or socially marked forms, they are intended to include the most common variants for each word. The keywords given are to be understood as pronounced in such speech. This key is to the pronunciations given in revised entries. For pronunciations in unrevised entries, see this key. British English Consonants In addition, the consonants l, m, and n can take on the function of a vowel in some unstressed syllables. Vowels and diphthongs ᵻ represents free variation between /ɪ/ and /ə/ ᵿ represents free variation between /ʊ/ and /ə/ Stress The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress, as in the first syllable of cerebrate /ˈsɛrᵻˌbreɪt/ .
U.S. The consonants of U.S. After a vowel, U.S. Compare U.S. mar /mɑr/, marring /ˈmɑrɪŋ/ with British mar /mɑː/, marring /ˈmɑːrɪŋ/ CONTACT US (800) 457-4255. Spelling Exercises & Games | How to Spell. Improve your spelling now! Click on one of the spelling exercises / spelling games below or choose a Module to work on. From beginner to advanced - you choose. Or click here for Module 1: Back to Basics/Beginner ExercisesOr click here for Module 2: Refresher/Common Word/Patterns ExercisesOr click here for Module 3: Brain Training/intermediate/advanced exercisesOr click here for Module 4: Revision ~Tell me what exercises you need or like and I'll do some for you~ Word searches help develop your visual memory.* Some games won't play on iPhones or iPads word searches, crosswords because Apple won't allow Flash on their devices!!!!
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