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Initial h before unstressed vowels is only pronounced when preceded by a pause.
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Began: notice the quality of the vowel in the first, unstressed syllable of this word.
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You use more force for the stressed than for the unstressed vowels, that is to say, you put more breath into them.
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The monotony of a series of stressed or of unstressed sounds would be unbearable.
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Here the assonance is -er (final unstressed -er in standard present-day English represents vocalic r).
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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