Does the word where have a short or long sound?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 9/17/2019

Either. it depends on the previous word. if the previous word had the main vowel short sound, the a would be long sound.

example 1: "Have a nice day!" (have is short, asounds like ay)

example 2: "Let's play a different game." (play is short, a sounds like uh)

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∙ 13y ago

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