Example sentences for: pronunciation

How can you use “pronunciation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In recent years, according to The Oxford Companion to the English Language , The BBC Pronunciation Unit has made some changes in its recommendations to broadcasters, who are now being advised, among other things, to stress the first instead of the second syllable of controversy ; the second syllable of dispute as both verb and noun; and the first syllable of cervical , instead of the second (with - i - as in nine ).

  • No comment is made about differences in hyphenation that result from differences or variants in pronunciation.

  • You see it in Sullivan's banter with the working-class musicians in the pit and in Gilbert's with the uppity actors (the movie's posturing middle class), whom he drills on pronunciation and poise.

  • what is used by BBC news readers (hence the alternative name, BBC pronunciation ).’ As far as the first is concerned, it does not bear the same relationship to American English that RP bears to British English: the pronunciation pattern of the educated speaker in the northeastern US probably retains much of its former status and prestige.

  • A slinky garment, on the other hand-- the kind one might wear to a New Year's Eve party--is called a Satan bow-dice . This colorful phrase we picked up at a fashion show narrated by a gentleman who was obviously unfamiliar with the pronunciation of satin bodice .


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