Hi. I am a holder of bachelor's degree in English language. I have a question about pronunciation of some vowels. As you know better than me, o and e have different pronunciations. Must I pronounce the words containing them exactly true or if I can also pronounce these vowels with the main sound of the them? For example the word "" comnand"". Can i pronounce komand or kʌmand insted of kəmand? Or the word "" deposit, can i pronounce dipozit instead of dipʌzit. Or the word "" derision"". Can i pronounce Derizhen or i only can pronounce dirizhen? Or "depict" can i pronounce depikt or i only can pronounce Dipikt. An the other examples. Thanks. I need this information for teaching English language.
Anonymous2021-02-26T02:58:16Z
Mostly, keep one general rule in mind, but it is only a general rule: Unstressed vowels tend to go toward the ə sound very much when they are spoken in normal speech, especially American speech. ʌ is used for the same sound in stressed-vowel syllables, like the 'u' in 'butter'. Next, if you do say something like 'komand' in words that are like that (not all of them), you will still be understood. ... Some of the others that you are using as examples above are not very clear examples with the "phonetic" symbols and respellings that you have used.
Vowels are typically pronounced differently in words than when you say the letters by themselves. Learn correct pronunciation. Also there are so many mistakes in your English that it's difficult to read, and makes me seriously question the quality of the education you received. Either that or you weren't a very good student. The number & nature of the mistakes are very inconsistent with what one would expect of someone who allegedly hold's a Bachelor's Degree in English.
Come on: there are so many different accents and traditions in England alone, let alone elsewhere in the world. What is correct in Cornwall may not be understood in Yorkshire, Texas or Brisbane!
Good dictionaries give the guidance for each word, so look there. I don't know the work, "conmand".