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9. The Schwa: How One TINY Sound Can Make a HUGE Difference

The InFluency Podcast

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The Stress System of American English

A schwa is not a pure vowel sound that just exists in particular syllables or is represented with a certain set of letters. When it's unstressed, a schwa is a reduction of a vowel sound when the syllable is not stressed. We can find it in words like about around holiday. So we looked at a few examples where it's at the beginning, the middle and at the end to understand when to use the schwa.

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