[ɡ]

	[ɡɛt]	get
	[ɡɪv]	give
	[ɹoɡ]	rogue

Things to look out for:

• While English seldom spells the [ɡ] sound with anything but the letter g, the letter g very often represents a different sound, such as [dʒ], [ʒ], or (in the combination ng) [ŋ].

Traditionally, the IPA symbol was supposed to look like a hand-printed [ɡ], not like a typewritten [g]. People were so lazy about this that in 1993 the Association gave up and said both ways were acceptable. (Still, taking the time to get your computer to show a nice [ɡ] adds that extra touch of class.)

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