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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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help you

0Hi there,02br
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00How do you say the 'do you', 'helped you' and 'help you'? The 'you' is no longer pronounced as it will combine the word in front of it. Right?02br
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0Wrong. 02br 02br 00Sometimes people do slur the words together - do'ya helped'ya help'ya but this is very informal (and the you is still pronounced, just as ya instead of you) and not recommended unless you are taking part in a very casual conversation with friends, for example. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0Wrong.
  • 02br 02br 00Sometimes people do slur the words together - do'ya helped'ya help'ya but this is very informal (and the you is still pronounced, just as ya instead of you) and not recommended unless you are taking part in a very casual conversation with friends, for example.
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0Wrong. You still need to say the word 'you'.02br
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00Sometimes people do slur the words together - do'ya helped'ya help'ya but this is very informal (and the you is still pronounced, just as ya instead of you) and not recommended unless you are taking part in a very casual conversation with friends, for example. 0-
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0 It depends. For example, you would never try to reduce "help you" if you said "Can I help you?" You would instead reduce the word "can" in that sentence. So, it all depends on the position of the word in the sentence and where the stress falls. 0-
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0 'do you', 'helped you' and 'help you'?02br
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00 Of the three, only 'helped you' might undergo glide absorption thus: 01i00helpchoo02i00, the 01b00t02b00 pronunciation of 01i00-ed02i00 and the 01b00y02b00 combining to form the 01b00ch02b00 sound.02br
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