The International Phonetic Alphabet:
A) Despite its name, only presents the phones used in American English
B) Is good for expressing vernacular dialects in writing, but should not be used for standard dialects
C) Is not as accurate as the Latin alphabet for representing the sounds of English
D) Allows for only one phone per symbol as well as only one symbol per phone, unlike English orthography
E) Includes symbols for all consonants, but has symbols for only the vowels that are voiceless

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The International Phonetic Alphabet allows for only one phone per symbol as well as only one symbol per phone, unlike English orthography, which can represent multiple sounds with a single letter or combination of letters. This is one of the main advantages of using the IPA for linguistic analysis and transcription.