Leaf Spelling Dictionary

emargunate, and the vowel that is barely there

schwaEmarginate has one stressed syllable, MAR, and four unstressed ones. Those four vowels are all reduced in speech and all guessable in writing.

heard asemargunate
spelledemarginate
saidee-MAR-jin-ut

It is an i. emarginate.

Say the word at normal speed and that syllable takes almost no time at all. A u is an honest attempt at a sound that has been squeezed down to nothing, and it is still the wrong letter, because the syllable is the -gin- of margin.

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