500 Common Words: A as in am

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When the short A sound is next to N or M, it changes slightly. It sounds more like a Long A moving to Schwa. This slight twang comes from the Southern dialect but has become standardized through mass media.

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The Words

am, an, and, animal, answer, began, can, example, family, hand, land, man, plan, plant, ran, stand, than, understand.

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