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274. Connected speech in English: How to use it to sound even clearer
The InFluency Podcast
What Are the Odds?
Connecting words together doesn't necessarily mean that you have to go faster Right so that is an important part. It just means that you don't stop your breath and voice between words Let's look at another example What are the odds? What are the Odds? So we connect the what with the schwa sound that is a reduction of R. The T after an N when it's unstressed in this case in a function word is Often dropped I just don't want to take a photo. And then going into the odds Connecting the word the with odds.
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