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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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How do you pronunciate the word with the past participle 'ed'

I would like to ask the native speakers how to say a sentence like this : " The performance of this method is considered to be optimal" . Since the word 'considered' is the past participle, it is necessary to pronunciate an extra sound 'd' at the end of the word 'consider'. But it is difficult to pronunciate 'tu' after the 'd' sound. how do you say this sentence? Does the sound 'd' need to be pronunciated ? Another question is that : a sentence like this " I try to find out today's newspaper". How do you say the phrase 'find out' ? Is this phrase(find out) pronunciated as like ' fain - dout ' or 'fain-out' ? Does the sound 'd' need to be pronunciated ? The last question: a sentence like this : I like dogs and cats. Here the sound 'd' at the end of the word 'and' need to pronunciated ? I find that many people seem to pronunciate 'and' as like 'an'. The sound 'd' is skipped.
  

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Question 1: You are right, it's hard to enunciate the 'd' on the end of 'considered' when it's followed by a word such as 'to'. I think that in this instance, the 'd' can be enunciated softly. Question 2: 'find out', as in 'I'll try to find out if today's newspaper has arrived' - it's important to the pronounce the 'd' clearly in this instance, because 'I'll try to fine out if today's newspaper has arrived' would not make sense.

— Anonymous

  • Question 1: You are right, it's hard to enunciate the 'd' on the end of 'considered' when it's followed by a word such as 'to'.
  • I think that in this instance, the 'd' can be enunciated softly.
  • Question 2: 'find out', as in 'I'll try to find out if today's newspaper has arrived' - it's important to the pronounce the 'd' clearly in this instance, because 'I'll try to fine out if today's newspaper has arrived' would not make sense.
  • Last Question: You are right; the 'd' on the end of 'and' is sometimes dropped during conversation.
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Question 1: You are right, it's hard to enunciate the 'd' on the end of 'considered' when it's followed by a word such as 'to'. I think that in this instance, the 'd' can be enunciated softly.

Question 2: 'find out', as in 'I'll try to find out if today's newspaper has arrived' - it's important to the pronounce the 'd' clearly in this instance, because 'I'll try to fine out if today's
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0-...considered to be optimal [kVnsI43`d* t@ bi Apt@m@l]-- the "d" is unreleased, but is definitely still there: otherwise it would be confused with "consider to be optimal"02br
00-find out [faInd @Ut] -- yes the "d" is certainly pronounced.02br
00-I like dogs and cats [aI l@Ik dAgz @n k{ts] --the "and" is pronounced as [@n] except in 01b00very02b00
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