1、单词不应该自己创造不合法的英语音节结构。例如，重读音节不能够以短松元音结尾，像/ i/, / e/, / æ/, / Λ/, / ɒ/和/ u/
city / ' sit. i/ better / ' bet. ə/
ladder / ' læd. ə/ butter / bΛt. ə/
bottle / ' bɒt.l/ woman / ' wum. ən/
/ e/, / æ/, / Λ/ 和 / ɒ/不能接非重读闭音节。
当一个辅音以一个音节开始的, / i/ 和 / u/像 / ə/可以接非重读音节.
develop / 'di' vel. əp/ July / dʒu' lai/
ability / ə' bil. ə. ti/
2、当一些辅音夹杂在两个元音之间的时候，没有任何辅音群聚可以以任何方式打破这种英语结合的规则。因此，单词sculpture被分成/ skΛlp. t∫ə/ 而不是/ skΛl. pt∫ə/; 单词central 则被分为/ sen. trəl/ 而不是/ sentr. əl/.
3、在复合的两到三个单词中，原词的分界会被保留。像handwritten应该被分为/ hæn' drit. ən/而不是/ hænd' rit. ən/

His mother told him not to sleep on the floor.
I’m not sure whether the pan leaks or not.
Only officials can go on that bus.
At the moment he appears to be sinking.
His job is making breeches for the army.
The black sort should be removed from the show window.

I like to go out in the garden;
I like to get up on the wall;
I like to do anything really;
But I hate to do nothing at all.