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Pauses, emphasis, and reductions

was just a little pause there for the punctuation I also notice how I stress the word do I do I do have eggs but sometimes I do have eggs the word eggs even though it's a Conten...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Breakfast pronunciation exerciseSubtitles: en

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eggs there

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was just a little pause there for the

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punctuation I also notice how I stress

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the word do I do I do have eggs but

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sometimes I do have eggs the word eggs

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even though it's a Content word a noun

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which is usually stressed doesn't have

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that much stress I notice because it's

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at the end of a sentence I do have

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eggs eggs eggs with just a little curve

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up and then down in the voice I do have

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eggs also the plural ending here s is

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pronounced as a z that's because the

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sound before the G sound is a vo

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consonant eggs eggs let's l listen in

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slow motion but sometimes I do have

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eggs but sometimes I do have eggs but

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sometimes I do have eggs so just three

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little sentences but we really were able

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to study a lot about American English

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pronunciation let's listen once in slow

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motion this morning for

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breakfast I had Barber's shredded o with

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milk

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