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Words that begin com- or con- usually have an unstressed first syllable. Here are some exceptions
Example words
- computer
- doctor
- potter
- monitor
- furious
- nation
- curtain
- pencil
- Japan
- concrete
- conversation
- contact
- combination
- combat
- Common
- Complicated
- Congress
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unstressed short first syllable
- ability (Not able)
- above
- abort
- abuse
- achieve
- adapt
- adopt
- ahead
- alarm
- alone
- aloof
- amongst
- annoy
- apparent
- appalled
- arrive
- assume
- attack
- aware
- away
- occur
- oppose
- address
- adjustable
- appreciation
- available
- allert
- associate
- apologise
- additional
This is the most common vowel sound in the English language.
use this sound to make your speach smooth and run together well.
Notice the different ways of pronouncing
the word 'the' in examples 6 and 7. Can you see why this is so?
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