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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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How to say ''wanted to do it''?

Do you enunciate the -ed of wanted in a phrase like the topic title? If so, how?
  

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Anonymous Do you enunciate the -ed of wanted in a phrase like the topic title? Yes. It is a separate syllable in the past tense of all regular verbs whose base form ends in a /t/ or /d/ sound: wanted, needed, sorted, founded , etc.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Do you enunciate the -ed of wanted in a phrase like the topic title?
  • Yes.
  • It is a separate syllable in the past tense of all regular verbs whose base form ends in a /t/ or /d/ sound: wanted, needed, sorted, founded , etc.
  • Anonymous If so, how?
  • d
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AnonymousDo you enunciate the -ed of wanted in a phrase like the topic title?
Yes. It is a separate syllable in the past tense of all regular verbs whose base form ends in a /t/ or /d/ sound: wanted, needed, sorted, founded, etc.
Anonymous If so, how?
?d , ?d
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OK! Do you enunciate the 'o' of to when 'wanted' is followed by to?
I just say want?d t(t like tomorrow).
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Anonymous''wanted to do it"
In slower speech. [want?dt?'duw?t]
In faster speech. [wan?d?'duwit]

CJ
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