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004: T Pronunciations (Flap T, Stop T, True T)

Conversation & Pronunciation: Learn English with The Rachel's English Podcast

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Is the T in a Cluster a Stop?

The T in the final position is often a stop. It can be a light true T, but you will really often notice that this is what Americans do or how about this sense? Are you ready for your exception? Mm-hmm. Okay. So we make the T a stop T when it's followed by a consonant. We may also make the stop T when a T is the last sound in a thought group. You could think of it as a sentence if you can't wrap your head around it. If I just said, that's a fact, that would sound a little bit weird. That's a fact.

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