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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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how to pronounce can't
I'm a learner, i'm can't understand this word sounds like the same thing as CAN to me, i consider myself courageous cuz i'm learning english alone, since I was a kid a had many books in english.
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That happens to me, too. Sometimes it's hard to tell which word is being said. In my dialect, the "t" is a glottal stop.
- That happens to me, too.
- Sometimes it's hard to tell which word is being said.
- In my dialect, the "t" is a glottal stop.
- n", whereas "can't" always has the diphthong on the "a".
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That happens to me, too. Sometimes it's hard to tell which word is being said. In my dialect, the "t" is a glottal stop. Luckily, "can" is often pronounced "k?n", whereas "can't" always has the diphthong on the "a".
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