The more complex explanation requires an understanding of allophones and phonemes.
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In spite of overwhelming scientific evidence, OG and its Phombies continue to teach the schwa – [ə] – and "short u" – [ʌ] – as the same thing, and they're not.
Language is a system of systems.
What I mostly love to show my students is how the suffix <-ly> actually works in English. A lot of people believe – falsely – that any word that ends in an <-ly> suffix is an adverb. It's not. Here's the truth.