(Rover)A polite request would attract more response than a bossy command.
Hi, everyone!
How should I pronounce t in these situations: (I don't know) or (Look at labels)?
Tell me, what's the rule?
Pay attention to spacing before and after punctuation marks. See the changes above.
When a word ends with a t sound, you can say it very quickly and blend it into the next letter.
When a word ends with a t sound, you can say it very quickly and blend it into the next letter.
Hi, CB.
Would you agree if I said the next sound instead, please?
That's a tongue-twister!
But yes. Sound is a word, so a t before it in a sentence can be said quickly with no gap after it.
Try not to say "the nex' sound." People might think you're drunk.
I don't know about that. My dialect routinely drops those kinds of "t" sounds. Even sober.
I don't know about that. My dialect routinely drops those kinds of "t" sounds. Even sober.
The even sober part suggests to me that it is a local and slightly unusual form, and learners may benefit from a broader picture. Many learners are surprised, nay shocked, when they go to London and hear what the natives in parts of that city use, as it goes against the grammar they have studied. I don't see that alerting people to the fact that there are many non-standard forms used by native speakers is a bad thing. Dropping the /t/ in things like next is not uncommon in regions in BrE- a visitor to the UK is very likely/almost certain to hear it. They can learn standard English here, but also the differences found in regions and variants, which I see as a strength of things like forums. When I started teaching in the 1980s, the differences between American and British English largely consisted of a page or two or vocab like faucet/tap, but for the last decade I have been in daily contact with speakers of various forms of English and have learnt a whole lot more about the many small differences.
And how much do they drink in Tunbridge Wells, anyway?
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