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English Weak and Strong Forms Guide

The document provides tables listing the orthography, strong forms, and weak forms of various parts of speech in English, including determiners/quantifiers, pronouns, prepositions/particles, conjunctions, and auxiliaries. For each part of speech, it lists example words and their pronunciation in both strong and weak forms.

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English Weak and Strong Forms Guide

The document provides tables listing the orthography, strong forms, and weak forms of various parts of speech in English, including determiners/quantifiers, pronouns, prepositions/particles, conjunctions, and auxiliaries. For each part of speech, it lists example words and their pronunciation in both strong and weak forms.

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Determiners/Quantifiers

orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)


the ðiː ðɪ, ðə
a/an eɪ, an ə, ən
some sʌm səm, sm̩

Pronouns

orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)


his hɪz ɪz
him hɪm ɪm
her hɜː hə, ə, ɜː
you juː jʊ, jə
your joː jə
she ʃiː ʃɪ
he hiː ɪ
we wiː wɪ
them ðɛm ðəm, əm
us ʌs əs, s

Prepositions/‘Particles’
orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)
than ðan ðən
at at ət
for foː fə
from fɹɒm fɹəm, fəm, fm̩
of ɒv əv, v
to tuː tə, tʊ
as az əz, z
there ðɛə ðə

Conjunctions

orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)


and and ənd, ən, n̩d, n̩
but bʌt bət
that ðat ðət
Auxiliaries

orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)


can kan kən, kn̩
could kʊd kəd
have hav əv, v
has haz əz, z
had had əd, d
will wɪl l
shall ʃal ʃəl, ʃl, l
should ʃʊd ʃəd
must mʌst məs, məst
do duː də, d
does dʌz dəz, z
am am əm, m̩
are ɑː ə
was wɒz wəz
were wɜː wə
been biːn bɪn

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