Example sentences for: pronunciations

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

  • Pronunciations are given as necessary, using an adaptation of the International Phonetic Alphabet developed by the Barnharts for this series.

  • Other southern pronunciations that strike the northern ear as different are:

  • It was concerned with the maintenance of standard English pronunciations as those then believed to be most suitable for broadcasting.

  • While it must be acknowledged that pronunciations occupy a great deal of space—owing largely to the dialectal variants and the precision with which they are represented—most American dictionaries are satisfied to show major (American) dialect differences and to rely on detailed variants to be the product of a judiciously selected key word in the pronunciation key (a subject I do not have the space to go into here).

  • General dictionaries show pronunciations, it is true, but not in the depth displayed in this work [ LPD ], rarely with its precision, and almost never with both American and British pronunciations side by side.


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