Pronounce Contractions in American English with Stress and Reductions
Because you study contractions early on in your English learning journey, you often learn them as “optional” ways to combine pronouns and helping verbs, or helping verbs and negatives. But they’re not really optional – they’re basically required if you want to sound natural when speaking English. That’s why you have to understand how and why we use contractions in normal speech. Let’s discuss how to say contractions naturally in American English by pronouncing them … Read the article and watch the video lesson