Example sentences for: pronunciations

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

  • Some pronunciations have been Indianized.

  • General Canadian English—Canadese?—is closer to General American than it is to any of the British Englishes, but it is distinct from the American ones in some spellings, usages, and pronunciations and in a few peculiar intonations.

  • Pronunciations that are considered incorrect (like “fith’ for fifth ) are preceded by an exclamation point in a triangle; (!) indicates that a pronunciation so marked is different from what the spelling might lead one to expect (as in Beaulieu `bju\?

  • 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.

  • Where Rybakin scores over the other two works is in the provision of pronunciations and, for a main or source name, a selection of literary characters who bear it.


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