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first five 'fз:st 'faiv 'fз.s 'faiv

next point 'nekst 'pɔint 'neks 'pɔint

best judge 'best ' dʒʌdʒ 'bes ' dʒʌdʒ

the fact that ðə 'fækt ðət ðə 'fæk ðət

second term 'sekənd 'tз:m 'sekən 'tз:m

[d] elides even more readily than [t]. We find the loss of [d]

in a syllable final sequence preceding another consonant but
immediately following a vowel.

Spelling Formal Informal

that it would be ðət it wud 'bi: ðət it wu 'bi

he said some words hi· 'sed sʌm 'wз:dz (h)i 'se səm 'wз:dz

Other consonants tend to be elided in some definite
environments. For instance, the consonant [v] is often elided when

it is final in an unstressed form word have or of and immediately
precedes another consonant.

Spelling Formal Informal

lists of the 'lists əv ðə 'lists ə ðə

students 'stju:dənts 'st(j)u:d(ə)nts

we've been studying wi·v bin 'stʌdiiŋ wi bin 'stʌdiiŋ

of course əv'kɔ:s, əf 'kɔ:s ə'kɒs

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