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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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is the sound d pronounced in the word 'adjective'
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In American English: sometimes, sometimes not. People who are speaking hastily (which is most people, most of the time) typically omit it. However, people taking care to speak comprehensibly usually would pronounce it.
- In American English: sometimes, sometimes not.
- People who are speaking hastily (which is most people, most of the time) typically omit it.
- However, people taking care to speak comprehensibly usually would pronounce it.
- That said, even when pronounced, it's not exactly a prominent sound, so to someone who isn't listening very carefully it might sound like no one ever really pronounces it.
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In American English: sometimes, sometimes not. People who are speaking hastily (which is most people, most of the time) typically omit it. However, people taking care to speak comprehensibly usually would pronounce it. That said, even when pronounced, it's not exactly a prominent sound, so to someone who isn't listening very carefully it might sound like no one ever really pronoun
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Anonymous is the sound d pronounced in the word 'adjective'Yes, as part of the "j" sound. Phonetically, "j" is /d?/, and English has no double consonants (phonetically), so a second "d" is not necessary. The "d" is part of the spelling only to show that the word has a Latin prefix "ad" and a Latin root "ject".
Here is "adjective" in IPA symbols.
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