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are used. Weak forms exhibit reductions of the length of sounds, weakening
of the vowels in them, (many of them are pronounced with /ǝ/ or /i/ in their
weak forms) and also in the elision of vowels and consonants.
Some of the strong and weak forms of words are given below.

Articles Strong form Weak form
a /ei/ /ǝ/
an /æn/ /ǝn/
the /ðiː/ /ði/ before a vowel
/ðǝ/ before a consonant
Auxiliaries
am /æm/ /ǝm/
are /ɑː/ /ǝ/
can /kæn/ /kǝn/
does /dΛz/ /dǝz/
have /hæv/ /hǝv/
shall /∫æl/ /∫ǝl/
will /wiІ/ /il/
would /wud/ /ǝd/
is /iz/ /z/
Prepositions
at /æt/ /ǝt/
for /fɔː/ /fɔ/
from /frɔːm/ /frɔm/
of /þv/ /ǝv/, /v/
to /tuː/ /tɔ/ more before a vowel
/to/ more before a consonant
Conjunctions
and /ænd/ /ɔnd/, /ɔn/
as /æz/ /ɔz/
than /ðæn/ /ðǝn/
that /ðæt/ /ðǝt/
but /bΛt/ /bǝt/
Others
been /biːn/ /bin/
he /hiː/ /hi/, /i/
him /him/ /im/
some /sΛm/ /sǝm/
because /bikɔːz/ /bikǝz/
/kɔz/
Weak forms of prepositions are not used when they occur finally.

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