⚠️ Correct pronunciation of -OUS, -TION, -ATE, -CIAL, and -ANCE

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  You might be surprised by how some of these common word endings are really pronounced in English.

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  They're said a little differently from how they look.

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  Word ending number one is O-U-S.

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  The O-U-S at the end of these words does not sound like house, as in the word house.

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  Instead, it sounds more like us or is.

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  Repeat after me.

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  Famous.

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  Various.

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  Serious.

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  Nervous.

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  Obvious.

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