/ʌ/, /ɜː/ and /ə/

/ʌ/ is RARELY followed by “r” and usually appears in: -u, -om, -on, won-, -ov, -ou	/ɜː/ is ALWAYS followed by “r” and usually appears in: -er, -ear, -ur, -ir, -or
· but, butter, fun, lucky, summer · come, comfort, company · Monday, monkey, money, among, front, London, onion · won, wonderful · above, cover country, young, cousin, couple	· certain, her, nerve, person, verb · early, earth, heard, learn · burn, hurt, murder, return · bird, birthday, dirty, shirt, third word, world, work, worse
Other cases: worry, was, goes, does, blood, flood, brother, mother	Other cases: journal, journalist, courteous

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​/ə/ is pronounced in UNSTRESSED syllables	/ʌ/ and /ɜː/ are pronounced in STRESSED syllables
teacher, together about, pagoda, balloon, machine today, provide, protect, computer, consider, continue, police, position suggest, supply	comfort, company Monday, monkey, London, Wonderful, country, couple certain, person, early, earth, heard, return birthday, dirty