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Should the IPA of the word "**conscious**" should"conscious" be `/ˈkɑːnʃəs/` or `/ˈkɑːntʃəs/`?

Ok, see the word "conscious" has the IPA of /ˈkɑːnʃəs//ˈkɑːnʃəs/ in the http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conscious?q=consciousOxford Learner's Dictionary

However, when you listen clearly, you will feel like it should be /ˈkɑːntʃəs//ˈkɑːntʃəs/ not /ˈkɑːnʃəs//ˈkɑːnʃəs/. So So it should beread /tʃ//tʃ/ rather than /ʃ//ʃ/.

In some other dictionarydictionaries, it useswhich use different transcription systems, they give the entry "ˈkän(t)-shəs" \ˈkän(t)-shəs\, for example in the http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consciousMerriam Webster online dictionary. Here we see it with a /t/.

So, should the IPA offor the word "conscious" should be /ˈkɑːnʃəs//ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs//ˈkɑːntʃəs/?

the IPA of the word "**conscious**" should be `/ˈkɑːnʃəs/` or `/ˈkɑːntʃəs/`?

Ok, see the word "conscious" has IPA of /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ in http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conscious?q=conscious

However, when you listen clearly you will feel like it should be /ˈkɑːntʃəs/ not /ˈkɑːnʃəs/. So it should be /tʃ/ rather than /ʃ/

In other dictionary, it uses \ˈkän(t)-shəs\ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscious.

So, the IPA of the word "conscious" should be /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs/?

Should the IPA of the word "conscious" be /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs/?

Ok, see the word "conscious" has the IPA /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary

However, when you listen clearly, you will feel like it should be /ˈkɑːntʃəs/ not /ˈkɑːnʃəs/. So it should read /tʃ/ rather than /ʃ/.

In some other dictionaries, which use different transcription systems, they give the entry "ˈkän(t)-shəs" , for example in the Merriam Webster online dictionary. Here we see it with a /t/.

So, should the IPA for the word "conscious" be /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs/?

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the IPA of the word "**conscious**" should be `/ˈkɑːnʃəs/` or `/ˈkɑːntʃəs/`?

Ok, see the word "conscious" has IPA of /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ in http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conscious?q=conscious

However, when you listen clearly you will feel like it should be /ˈkɑːntʃəs/ not /ˈkɑːnʃəs/. So it should be /tʃ/ rather than /ʃ/

In other dictionary, it uses \ˈkän(t)-shəs\ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscious.

So, the IPA of the word "conscious" should be /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs/?