In Contractions^x, American English^x

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

My Oxford dictionary says that WANNA is american english word (or contraction), GONNA also is AmEn, but AIN`T isn`t.