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I have warned them SEVERALLY ✖️
*SEVERALLY means SEPARATELY.

I have warned them SEVERAL TIMES ✔️

I have warned them ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ✔️

I have warned them MANY TIMES ✔️

I have warned them ON MANY OCCASIONS ✔️

I have warned them REPEATEDLY ✔️

SAID as /seid/? ✖️
SAID as /seid/? ✖️
SAID as /seid/? ✖️
*/sed/ ✔️

Note: Words such as LAID, MAID, PAID and RAID have the vowel glide /ei/.

SAYS as /seis; seiz/? ✖️
SAYS as /seis; seiz/? ✖️
*/sez/ ✔️

Note: Words such as DAYS, PAYS, RAYS and WAYS have the vowel glide /ei/.

BUREAU as /'biiru/? ✖️
BUREAU as /'biiru/? ✖️
BUREAU as /'biiru/? ✖️

Many people 'innocently' use this MISpronunciation because of what we commonly hear around us locally.

The correct pronunciation of BUREAU is /'biurou; 'biuro/.

REASON as /'riison/? ✖️
REASON as /'riison/? ✖️

SEASON as /'siison/? ✖️
SEASON as /'siison/? ✖️

TREASON as /'triison/? ✖️
TREASON as /'triison/? ✖️

Friends, the S of the part —SON in these words takes the voiced sound /z/, not /s/.

The words end with the sounding /zn; zon/.

ITINERANT as /i'tinerant/? ✖️
ITINERANT as /i'tinerant/? ✖️
ITINERANT as /i'tinerant/? ✖️

ITINERARY as /i'tinerari/? ✖️
ITINERARY as /i'tinerari/? ✖️
ITINERARY as /i'tinerari/? ✖️

Correct pronunciations:
*/ai'tinerant/ ✔️
*/ai'tinerari/ ✔️

BRUISE as /bruis/? ✖️
BRUISE as /brius/? ✖️

CRUISE as /kruis/? ✖️
CRUISE as /krius/? ✖️

Many people 'innocently' use these MISpronunciations even in careers of serious communication.

Correct pronunciations:
*/bruuz/ ✔️
*/kruuz/ ✔️

POSITION as /'posishon/? ✖️

OPPOSITION as /opo'sishon/? ✖️

COMPOSITION as /kompo'sishon/? ✖️

Friends, the part —SITION in these words takes the sounding /'zishn; 'zishon/; that is, the S takes the voiced sound /z/, NOT the unvoiced sound /s/.

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Floods WRECK /rek/ havoc in Nairobi ✖️
Floods WREAK /riik/ havoc in Nairobi ✔️

Friends, AVOID saying /rek/(= WRECK) to mean 'floods cause havoc' in a place. The right word in this case is WREAK, which is pronounced /riik/.

*/fladz riik havok/ ✔️

CHEVRON as /'chevron/? ✖️
CHEVRON as /'chevron/? ✖️

CHEVROLET as /'chevrolet/? ✖️
CHEVROLET as /'chevrolet/? ✖️

Friends, the digraph CH in these words takes sound /sh/, and the T at the end of CHEVROLET is silent.

★Correct pronunciations:
/'shevron/ ✔️
/'shevrolei/ ✔️