Weak forms #2
Some of the most common examples of weak forms are:Auxiliary verbs
Prepositions
Others
N.B. Remember that a word can have a weak form only when it is unstressed. In the following sentences the underlined words are stressed and so would be pronounced using the strong form.
I do like chocolate.
She drove to Las Vegas, not from Las Vegas.
Where
did you go to?
We
were surprised when she told us her secret. (stress on 'were' for
emphasis)
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