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[daring bloom]

Hello, I had two questions regarding French phonology:

First of all, I have read in this article called "French Sound Structure" by Douglas Walker that French words are pronounced with analogy to the other. For example, "pleurer" is pronounced more commonly with [œ] instead of [ø] (check wiktionary) to be analogous with the verb forms (il) pleure for instance. Can "grosseur" be pronounced with a close [o] to be analogous with "gros"?

My second question was regarding if the word "avant" had a liaison? I assumed it was optional as it was a preposition. However, I read on a page by Glanville Price called "An Introduction to French Phonology" that that was not the case, along with "envers" and "selon." I find this a bit strange for "avant" being such a common word. Any thoughts?

[shell moss]

• yes it’s fine to pronounce grosseur with [o], it’s very common
• that’s correct, there’s no liaison after “avant”, “envers” or “selon”. The exception is set phrases like “avant-hier”

[daring bloom]

why is there never liaison after avant?

i thought it was optional?