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Old 05-07-2007, 03:11 PM   #5 (permalink)
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quelques aides grammaticales dans cet article :

the - Wiktionary

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The word the is pronounced /ðiː/ whenever it is pronounced as a distinct word, e.g.:

* When it is used for emphasis (This is the hospital for heart surgery.).
* When the speaker pauses between the and the next word (the ... sovereignity).
* In many but not all dialects, when the next word begins with a vowel (the onion) (compare with a vs. an).

The word is generally not pronounced distinctly when attached to a word beginning with a consonant, in which case the e becomes a schwa or is dropped entirely. In dialects that do not pronounce the distinctly before a vowel, a glottal stop is generally inserted (e.g., the Us in the Us festival would still be pronounced differently from thus in thus festival seating should be outlawed).
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