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How to pronounce punctuation in American English
“punctuation” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to punctuation the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “punctuation” in: all accents
“punctuation” in real sentences — American speakers
55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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space, a comma, punctuation, etc.
Census Bureau
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So, these are non-standard ASCII characters like symbols, punctuation marks, um and the
US National Archives
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The music that sets the mood, creates and maintains suspense, and provides punctuation and
National Archives
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of punctuation. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.