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Old 26-Dec-2006, 06:56
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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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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.

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