Pronunciation
Pronunciation is the act or manner of pronouncing a word. In English, a word mispronounced could
result in another valid English word. This would bring ambiguity in your sentence construction.
Mispronunciation
Mispronunciation is pronouncing a word incorrectly. It is important to pronounce your words correctly
so that you can be understood and interact successfully.
Words often
Incorrect
mispronounced
pronunciation
Technology
Tech-no-logy
Train
Trian
Their
They-are
Interview
Inter-view
Desktop
Deks-top
Escape
Excape
February
Febuary
Receipt
Res-ipt
What happens when you pronounce words incorrectly?
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Most people cannot understand what you say
Most people understand most of what you say, but not everything!
Most people understand you, but there are some words that you always pronounce incorrectly
You write it wrong
As a result, your message is not understood, you may scared to talk, other people feel stressed
just talking to you, and there is a communication breakdown.
Good Pronunciation
Good pronunciation is pronouncing a word correctly according to the native language. The benefits of
good pronunciation are as follows:
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Speak clearly and correctly
People understand you better
Gain confidence in talking
Write correctly and complete your work with quality
Heteronyms
A Heteronym is a group of words that are spelt the same, but are pronounced differently and have
different meanings.
Example
The minute I saw the object I realized how minute it was.
Homonyms
A homonym is a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation, but have
different meanings.
Example
Bear (animal) and bear (carry)
Sound alike words
Besides homonyms, there are other kinds of sound-alike word too. Some words sound the same or
nearly the same, but have different spellings and meanings.
Examples
Birth Berth
Die
Dye
Tire
Tyre