Weak Forms
Many function words can have a weak form with a reduced vocal used when the word is unstressed, but the full vowel is usually used in formal settings. For example could, weak form . In AmE there are weak form that are not present in BrE. These include: or and your .
On the other hand, the titles Saint and Sir before a person's name have weak forms in BrE but not AmE: before vowels, and ; before consonants, and .
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