A caller named Patrick recently called in to the A Way with Words podcast to ask the hosts about the proper pronunciation of the word “The.” Specifically, he wanted to know when the word should be pronounced with a hard E and when it should be pronounced with the schwa sound.
That it should be pronounced with a long e if followed by a vowel. This is a good piece of information that I don’t think many know of.
As a youngster, Patrick was taught to pronounce “The” with a hard e only if it preceded a word that began with a vowel. The hosts said that, though North Americans were taught that rule, it was not correct. “The” should be pronounced with a hard E only when wanting to emphasize the next word.
Key Takeaways:
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The word “the” can be pronounced with either a long “e” or a schwa sound.
2
Some people are taught that “the” should have the long “e” when preceding a word that starts with a vowel, and should be pronounced with a schwa otherwise.
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However, there is no grammatical rule concerning the pronunciation of the word “the.”
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