keannu
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Learning from a video lesson about difference between can and can't, I found the following.
1. It's hard to tell the difference between a and b as glottal stop sounds just like a mute pause. Can native speakers tell the difference between a and b easily?
2. In c, I was surprised to find /kɪn/ as I have never seen it. Maybe I took /kən/ for /kɪn/ as the former sounds similar to the latter. And I learned /kən/ instead of /kɪn/, so do I have to abandon /kən/ from now on?
**This had better be learned on an online chatting program like Paltalk with native English teachers, but I don't think it's easy for them to make an appoinment with me.
Lesson 11b - CAN/ CAN'T - English Pronunciation - YouTube
a. I can't come - /kӕn+glottal stop/
b. If you can, please come. - /kӕn/
c. Can you come? She can see well. - /kɪn/ or /ken/
1. It's hard to tell the difference between a and b as glottal stop sounds just like a mute pause. Can native speakers tell the difference between a and b easily?
2. In c, I was surprised to find /kɪn/ as I have never seen it. Maybe I took /kən/ for /kɪn/ as the former sounds similar to the latter. And I learned /kən/ instead of /kɪn/, so do I have to abandon /kən/ from now on?
**This had better be learned on an online chatting program like Paltalk with native English teachers, but I don't think it's easy for them to make an appoinment with me.
Lesson 11b - CAN/ CAN'T - English Pronunciation - YouTube
a. I can't come - /kӕn+glottal stop/
b. If you can, please come. - /kӕn/
c. Can you come? She can see well. - /kɪn/ or /ken/