Example sentences for: spelling-pronunciations

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

  • Increasing literacy and pressures towards `correctness' led in England to spelling-pronunciations which caused speakers to restore a whole range of sounds which earlier generations had dropped, like the l in fault, vault, and soldier; the second w in awkward and the sole w in Edward; the t at the end of pageant, respect, and strict; and the d in the middle of the word London and at the end of husband.


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