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Friday, March 14, 2014

Understanding Schwa


What is schwa? When a vowel in the second syllable of a word makes an unexpected sound, it is usually a schwa. The schwa is closely related to the short /u/ sound as in wagon. some other schwa words are tendon, model, atlas, seldom, custom, pivot, canvas, sandal, novel, chapel, anthem, etc.



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