and strong form BrE AmE ænd , weak forms ə nd, ə n —The presence or absence of d in the weak form is not sensitive to phonetic context: the choice depends on the fact that the weak form ənd is slightly more formal than ən . From ən , regular processes of SYLLABIC CONSONANT formation and ASSIMILATION produce the phonetic variants m, n, ŋ (all syllabic, though they can lose their syllabicity by COMPRESSION before a weak vowel) and əm, əŋ .
▶ and ˈ so on BrE AmE