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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

at a / get a

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00I am just wondering how native speakers speak "at a" and "get a".02br
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00Is it "ada" and "geda"?02br
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0 That's what it would normally be in daily conversation-- it's called 'flap-t', and occurs between vowels or between a vowel and a liquid (butter, battle). In isolation or in speechifying, speakers often hypercorrect and retain the /t/ sound, however02br 0-

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  • 0 That's what it would normally be in daily conversation-- it's called 'flap-t', and occurs between vowels or between a vowel and a liquid (butter, battle).
  • In isolation or in speechifying, speakers often hypercorrect and retain the /t/ sound, however02br 0-
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0 That's what it would normally be in daily conversation-- it's called 'flap-t', and occurs between vowels or between a vowel and a liquid (butter, battle). In isolation or in speechifying, speakers often hypercorrect and retain the /t/ sound, however02br
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