Some difficult sounds for Italian speakers of English
/ə/
This is the most frequent vowel sound in spoken English, which can also represent
several letters or syllables. It can be found in unstressed function words such as a, am,
an, but, can, of; in prefixes and suffixes such as in-, suc-, to-, ad-, -ible, -able, -ment; in words such as according, lemon, minute, purpose, second etc.
/ə/
This is the most frequent vowel sound in spoken English, which can also represent
several letters or syllables. It can be found in unstressed function words such as a, am,
an, but, can, of; in prefixes and suffixes such as in-, suc-, to-, ad-, -ible, -able, -ment; in words such as according, lemon, minute, purpose, second etc.
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