Broken English on Instagram: "Gentleman vs Gentlemen Although gentleman is singular and gentlemen is plural, their pronunciation is almost identical. In both words, the final syllable –man / –men is unstressed. Unstressed syllables in English are commonly reduced to the schwa (ə) sound. As a result, we do not pronounce Gentleman as gentle-MAN Gentleman /ˈdʒen.təl.mən/ Gentlemen /ˈdʒen.təl.men/ /ˈdʒen.təl.mən/ This is a clear example of how stress, not spelling, determines pronunciation in Englis
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Broken English on Instagram: "Gentleman vs Gentlemen Although gentleman is singular and gentlemen is plural, their pronunciation is almost identical. In both words, the final syllable –man / –men is unstressed. Unstressed syllables in English are commonly reduced to the schwa (ə) sound. As a result, we do not pronounce Gentleman as gentle-MAN Gentleman /ˈdʒen.təl.mən/ Gentlemen /ˈdʒen.təl.men/ /ˈdʒen.təl.mən/ This is a clear example of how stress, not spelling, determines pronunciation in Englis
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