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    kowalsky is offline Newbie
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    Default the final -ed

    "She turned me down" and "They turned down my application"

    Is the final -ed in "turned" audible in these sentences or is it omitted fully in speech? I think it would be omitted and pronounced as "she turn me down" at least in the first sentence.

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    Default Re: the final -ed

    kowalsky, welcome.

    Final [d] is articulated, but not released here,

    [1] She turn[d] me down.
    [2] They turn[d] down the application.

    Note that, with emphasis [d] is released; e.g., say turned.

    All the best.

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