Questions tagged [weak-forms]
Questions about unstressed ‘weak’ pronunciations of monosyllabic function words with reduced vowels and sometimes consonants such as in a, an, and, be, been, but, he, her, him, his, just, me, or, she, than, that (as conjunction), the, them, us, we, who, you, your, and sometimes in as, at, for, from, of, to, some, there and others like are, can, could, do, does, had, has, have, my, must, shall, should, was, were, will, would.
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Southern contraction for "let him", spelling
*I know there is no grammatically correct contraction for "let him", I'm looking for an informed guess on how "let him", contracted in a deep southern dialect might be spelled?
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When are you allowed to write the non-possessive versions of “ ’s ” (apostrophe-s) in standard English?
I follow a Facebook Duolingo group and a Polish speaking person learning English shared an error they felt was incorrect. The sentence was ‘the Prince is getting excited’ and they wrote ‘the Prince’s ...
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Is it informally acceptable to make words like enemies, houses, rock, and them into contractions like this?
For example:
“Watch your six ‘cause the enemies’ll try and sneak up on ya”
“In California all the houses’re 45ft tall”
“Don’t shake the ceiling fan or else that rock’ll fall on you”
“Are all the ...
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Has British English always had two alternative pronunciations of "been"? [duplicate]
The OALD gives the following pronunciations for been (verb):
/biːn/, /bɪn/ (British)
/bɪn/ (American)
Do American English speakers think the two lines below rhyme?
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have ...
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Is there dialectal variation in the weak form of "on"?
This question is related, but not quite identical, to a previous one and to another similar one.
In a recent video, phonetician Geoff Lindsey claimed that the words "off" and "on" ...
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Why Some people in American pronounce “with” like “wth”? [duplicate]
Eg. she lives with her parents.
I sounds it like: she liveswther parents.
The “i” in “with” is dropped
I add a audio record of "she lives with her parents.".
https://drive.google.com/file/d/...
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What is the origin of several pronunciations of "the"?
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What is the pronunciation of "the"?
The has two pronunciations: "thuh" /ðə/ ...
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How do you pronounce RND (Research and Development)?
Apparently, RND is an acronym for Research and Development. I'm used to R&D.
How do you pronounce RND? Would it be "are and dee", like the form I'm used to? Or would it be "are en ...
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Where are the people writing "would of" from?
As a non-native speaker, I would never have guessed that this mistake was a thing before I read it on the web.
Since it makes no grammatical sense, I can guess that it can only be seen in the writing ...
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How is "of " pronounced?
I was wondering why we pronounce the word of as ä in the phrase "piece of cake" and as ov in the phrase "part of life".
What I've tried: After searching on the internet, I've ...
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Me vs My in East Midlands dialect [duplicate]
In the dialect I grew up with (1960's Leicestershire/East Midlands), I'd say "me", when I meant "my". For example:
"That's me car."
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"That's my car."
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Weak forms of HAVE
According to Longman Pronunciation Dictionary
HAVE: The weak form /v/ is used only after a vowel (when it is often written as the contraction ’ve), or in very fast speech at the
beginning of a ...
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How do you choose between stressed 'to be' and unstressed?
I am wondering in which context people stress the "be" in English grammar.
Both Wiktionary and Wordrefence have a stressed and an unstressed form in their dictionary.
I know that, for ...
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Weak or strong? Auxiliary verbs + not/been and dummy subject there
I read somewhere that auxiliary verbs are always strong (stressed or pronounced with full vowels) when combined with not. I'm not talking about contractions but when they're fully enunciated: You are ...
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Do native people pronounce "it is on the table" as "ɪt sɑːn ðə ˈteɪbl" or "ɪt zɑːn ðə ˈteɪbl"?
Sometimes, when I watch American films, I often hear people say "ɪt zɑːn ðə ˈteɪbl" (it is on the table).
I learned in textbook that "it is" can be contracted as "it's" and since "t" is voiceless so ...
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