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Mercyful_fate Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Formal spoken English
When having a formal speech do Americans use contractions and linking? Like, gonna, wanna, know all(knowall/know wall---linking the "w" and the "a") etc..?
And if they don't, when they say something like "I want to go to the park" do they say "to go to" faster than the other words, like "tgotehthe/tuhgotuhthe"?
And if they don't, when they say something like "I want to go to the park" do they say "to go to" faster than the other words, like "tgotehthe/tuhgotuhthe"?
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It depends on the orator. If you listen carefully to famous speeches, you will hear contractions. html
- It depends on the orator.
- If you listen carefully to famous speeches, you will hear contractions.
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It depends on the orator.
If you listen carefully to famous speeches, you will hear contractions. You can listen to some very famous ones here:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
If you listen carefully to famous speeches, you will hear contractions. You can listen to some very famous ones here:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
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Mercyful_fateWhenI can't think of any realistic case where "I want to go to the park" would be part of a formal speech. I'm thinking of a presidential state of the union ahavinggiving a formal speech do Americans use contractions and linking? ... when they say something like "I want to go to the park" ...
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