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Variant pronunciations may be indicated by respelling only the part of
the word that changes. A hyphen will replace the part of the
pronunciation that has remained the same. These ‘cutback’ respellings
will occur primarily in three areas:
a) where the headword has a variant pronunciation:
quasiparticle /%k w AzI"pärtik@l; %kwäzE-/
b) in derivative forms:
dangle /"daGg@l/
dangler /-gl@r/
dangly /-glE /
Note: Cutbacks in derivatives always refer back to the headword
respelling, not the preceding derivative.
c) at irregular plurals:
parenthesis /p@"renTH@sis/
parentheses /-%sEz/
Note: A hyphen sometimes serves to separate syllables where the
respelling might otherwise look confusing, as at reinforce /%r E-in"fôrs/ .
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