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Re: you're or your
The correct form is obviously "you're". You're beautiful! However, "Your beautiful!" sounds the same as the contraction "you're", and it's so common on the net that sometimes I even think it actually looks better, LOL. I'm afraid the majority of...
ESL General English Grammar Questions
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Kooyeen
142 days ago
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Re: How do you pronounce "What" questions
Hi AnonProbably what you're hearing is probably something like this:"Whadda ya doin'?" (= What're you doing?) In informal spoken American English, the contraction "what're" usually sounds something like "whadda". The T in the word "what" is somewhere in between a T and a D sound, but probably...
English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation
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Yankee
307 days ago
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Re: Contractions again (I am sorry)
Maple wrote:I guess the more difficult part of contraction for us is the listening. When you native speakers' speech speed is normal, some sounds are omitted, some are swallowed and some are combined, the sentences are a mess to my ears. I used to think the same. I always said: "They...
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Kooyeen
1 yr 126 days ago
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Re: "...second-guess" "...foggiest idea..." "...going/ \immediately" Thank
1. Sounds natural to me. 2. Sounds unnatural to me, but not for the same reason as Yankee gives. It's clearly an expression more often heard in conversation than seen in writing, so contractions should be used to make it sound more natural. I haven't the foggiest idea ... has a slightly...
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CalifJim
1 yr 127 days ago
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Re: "Is this not..?"
Pucca wrote:What about "ain't I?" Is it in an informal way?HI Pucca,yes, it's an informal (some people also say nonstandard) contraction. I've usually seen it as a contraction of the verb "to be" in negative forms (are not, is not), but my dictionaries say it's also used for the verd "to have"...
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Kooyeen
1 yr 168 days ago
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Re: Speaking Teaching Books
Hi, yes, there are books that deal with stress, intonation, and pronunciation. I've read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. There's really a lot of stuff in that book (and on the 5 CDs). I haven't tried any other books anyway, so I can only tell you about that one. It treats American...
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1 yr 244 days ago
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Re: What 'd ??
Hi Davidrock65 and Goodman Native speakers contract all kinds of things in spoken English and this happens on both sides of the pond. I'm American, so my answer refers specifically to American English. " What'd you do? "and " Why'd you do that?" A. Is it commonly used in...
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Yankee
1 yr 331 days ago
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Re: constant corrections of my use of verb contractions
Today, 5:39 PM Post :266018 Grammar Geek Posts 2,460Advanced Member Joined on 10-01-2006 Pennsylvania, USA Re: Contractions..doesn't, aren't, won't, shouldn't.... When the question is phrased with the negative (don't you,...
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2 yr 29 days ago
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Re: Origin of "wanna"
Hi Anon, You wrote: My Oxford dictionary says that WANNA is american english word (or contraction), GONNA also is AmEn, but AIN`T isn`t. Which Oxford dictionary are we talking about? There are dozens of them. 'Wanna' is found in the British National Corpus. I wouldn't go as far as to say that...
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Englishuser
2 yr 42 days ago
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Re: Origin of "wanna"
My Oxford dictionary says that WANNA is american english word (or contraction), GONNA also is AmEn, but AIN`T isn`t.
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2 yr 42 days ago
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