Kudla
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Hi,
I was thinking about these weak forms - is there a rule for determining when to use them? I know that at the end of a sentence the preposition has the strong form: to, as, for, her, him...or "shall" in the beginning forming question but what about this:
I gave it to her (emphasis on HER/no emphasis)
It´s for him (the same)
- as I´m studying BrE I would preferably welcome RP IPA transcription or some sort of discription of the individual sounds. Are there more variations of the 2 sentences? I mean words like "her, him, to" have 3 possible readings - with schwa, a long vowel or either H is dropped or a short vowel is pronounced in the case of TO.
I also wonder about the word FOR - it is often pronounced in the strong form in the middle of a sentence though I would expect the weak form - is it a matter of preference?
Finally in the collocations like FOR HIM how to pronounce it - should I pronounce the linking R and drop the H or vice versa - taking into account that the WEAK/STRONG forms I can think of 4 possible pronunciation - are they all correct?
Thanks a lot!
I was thinking about these weak forms - is there a rule for determining when to use them? I know that at the end of a sentence the preposition has the strong form: to, as, for, her, him...or "shall" in the beginning forming question but what about this:
I gave it to her (emphasis on HER/no emphasis)
It´s for him (the same)
- as I´m studying BrE I would preferably welcome RP IPA transcription or some sort of discription of the individual sounds. Are there more variations of the 2 sentences? I mean words like "her, him, to" have 3 possible readings - with schwa, a long vowel or either H is dropped or a short vowel is pronounced in the case of TO.
I also wonder about the word FOR - it is often pronounced in the strong form in the middle of a sentence though I would expect the weak form - is it a matter of preference?
Finally in the collocations like FOR HIM how to pronounce it - should I pronounce the linking R and drop the H or vice versa - taking into account that the WEAK/STRONG forms I can think of 4 possible pronunciation - are they all correct?
Thanks a lot!