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Rashin Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Blending sounds between words please answer quickly

Hello,
A common example of blending happens when a word ends in a particular sound and the next word starts with the same sound. Now:

What's the rule for the following sentences?

1.Does she have any children? /d??i/

2. Does he live near here? /d?zi/

Thanks
  

Top answer

I have never come across this rule in English. It's used a lot in Spanish, but in English it seems to be ignored. Maybe it just comes naturally to native English speakers.

— Anonymous

  • I have never come across this rule in English.
  • It's used a lot in Spanish, but in English it seems to be ignored.
  • Maybe it just comes naturally to native English speakers.
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I have never come across this rule in English. It's used a lot in
Spanish, but in English it seems to be ignored. Maybe it just comes naturally to native English speakers.
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rashinWhat's the rule for the following sentences?1.Does she have any children? /d??i/2. Does he live near here? /d?zi/
I would not call it a rule. Those are just the common ways of pronouncing those phrases.

They don't serve as examples of cases where the end of one word and the beginning of the next word have the same sound. A better example of th
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Thanks dear CJ. Awarness of blending sounds in spoken English is very important and also in listening section of TOEFL especially for a nonnative just like as me.In listening I have a problem with blending sounds.I was wondering that if I could find a reasonable rule behind these I can solve the problem.
Is there any valid books or sources on this subject?

Regards
R.N
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rashinIs there any valid books or sources on this subject?
Sorry, but I don't have any recommendations of my own. You will probably have to research this on the internet.

CJ
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Thanks a lot. Sorry to bother you.
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If your goal is to get 100 percentile in TOEFL listening section, focus on what some 'idiom' means, etc. They don't ask you whether you heard "got you" or "gotcha" or "gotchu", nor do they ask whether it is "all the" or "all uh. Nor is it about "unless you" or "unleshu", etc.

Check this out:

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Thanks dear friend for your help.Unfortunately,I couldn't download this book until so far.

I'd be appreciative if you find frree useful book or something on this subject ,Share it with me.

Regards
R.N
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