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DS Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

how do you read this sentence？

I have trouble saying "we have received no complaints to date." It sounds the same as "we have received no complaints today."
so how do you guys prounpunce "to date?" same with "today?" if it does then how to make sure what you hearing is what the other person saying?
  

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I pronounce the T in date . Some speakers may not pronounce it as distinctly as others, but it should be there. com/search/date /

— Blue Jay

  • I pronounce the T in date .
  • Some speakers may not pronounce it as distinctly as others, but it should be there.
  • com/search/date /
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I pronounce the T in date. Some speakers may not pronounce it as distinctly as others, but it should be there. Try listening to these (make sure you select the English pronunciations):
http://forvo.com/search/day/
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Blue JayI pronounce the T in date. Some speakers may not pronounce it as distinctly as others, but it should be there. Try listening to these (make sure you select the English pronunciations):http://forvo.com/search/day / http://fo
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Usually the context would give a clue as to which is meant. Other than that, a speaker might emphasize the T in date or the AY in day if they thought it necessary to avoid confusion. It's not something that seems to cause much confusion among native speakers, in my experience anyway.
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DS... pronounce "to date?" same with "today?"
No. They are pronounced differently.

/t?'de?/ "today" — The final vowel is held for a relatively long time, the final /?/ becoming almost an /i/.
/t?'de??/ "to date" — The final vowel is cut off very quickly by the unreleased "t" which occurs almost simultaneously w
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