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IMPSX-EF Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Is there a contraction form for "There are" in informal American English?
Hi,
Is there a contraction form for "There are" in informal American English?
For example, we can contract " You are /ju/ /?:r/ " to " You're /j?r/ ". " They are /ðe?/ /?:r/ " to " /ðer/ ", etc. Then, I have a question,
may I contract " There are /ðer/ /?:r/ " to " /ðer/ " ? I mean, how do you prononce " There are " in informal American English, when you
are speaking very fast? Is there a contraction form for " There are" ?
Thanks for your help.
Is there a contraction form for "There are" in informal American English?
For example, we can contract " You are /ju/ /?:r/ " to " You're /j?r/ ". " They are /ðe?/ /?:r/ " to " /ðer/ ", etc. Then, I have a question,
may I contract " There are /ðer/ /?:r/ " to " /ðer/ " ? I mean, how do you prononce " There are " in informal American English, when you
are speaking very fast? Is there a contraction form for " There are" ?
Thanks for your help.
Top answer
r/.
- r/.
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Mister Micawber.Hi, Mister Micawber,
There're /ðer?r/.
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Thanks for taking your time to look at my question!
So, I can not speak " There are /ðer/ /?:r/ " as " /ðer/ ", right? Are you sure that there is not any possibility? I just... Sometimes
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The way I see it... THERE ARE can come out this way:
/ðer?r/
/ð?r?r/
THERE ARE is often replaced with THERE'S, here are some quicker ways to say it:
/ð?rz/
/ð?z/ (even faster)
So, at maximum speed, I can imagine hearing something like "thus some apples" (/ð?s s?m.../), instead of "There're some apples". So don't worry, you are not completely crazy. Fast speech
/ðer?r/
/ð?r?r/
THERE ARE is often replaced with THERE'S, here are some quicker ways to say it:
/ð?rz/
/ð?z/ (even faster)
So, at maximum speed, I can imagine hearing something like "thus some apples" (/ð?s s?m.../), instead of "There're some apples". So don't worry, you are not completely crazy. Fast speech
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KooyeenThe way I see it... THERE ARE can come out this way:
/ðer?r/
/ð?r?r/
THERE ARE is often replaced with THERE'S, here are some quicker ways to say it:
/ð?rz/
/ð?z/ (even faster)
So, at maximum speed, I can imagine hearing something like "thus some apples" (/ð?s s?m.../), instead of "There're some apples". So don't worry, you are no
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Yes. The contraction of "there are" is "there're." Unfortunately, many people mistakenly use the contraction of "there is"- "there's" instead,which breaks the subject-verb agreement rules.
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There + are > There + er > There're > There ( /r/ dissimilation)
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Yea, this is correct grammar.
I also like how you added the > to make an easier flow.
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I also like how you added the > to make an easier flow.
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Hey,
No I don't think there is a contraction for that. but there is they're which is they and are.
At first I thought it could be the're but I recently found that it does not exist. I guess if you
are talking fast you could just make it up and say there er which is pretty much the same
as there are.
Hope I could be as much help as possible!!
No I don't think there is a contraction for that. but there is they're which is they and are.
At first I thought it could be the're but I recently found that it does not exist. I guess if you
are talking fast you could just make it up and say there er which is pretty much the same
as there are.
Hope I could be as much help as possible!!
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