Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | ɛ
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Source sentences:
text: Vowels [ɛ] ,
text: The vowel [ɛ] is raised and diphthongized to [ɛɪ] or [eɪ] and [æ] as [eɪ] all before /ɡ/ and /ŋ/, merging words like leg and lag [leɪɡ]; tang is pronounced [
text: The vowels [ɛ] and [ɪ] often merge when before nasal consonants, so that pen and pin , for instance, or hem and him , are pronounced the same, as pin or him , respectively.