How do you write 'll

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shroob

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Hello all,

I have to teach a grammar lesson on 'will' soon. I was wondering how would I write the contracted form of 'will' using the phonemic alphabet?

Would it simply be, /l/?

Thanks for your help,
Shroob
 

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Would it simply be, /l/?
Yep. You'll be writing just the sound belonging to the "ll" spelling, so it's just /l/.

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/l/ is fine when 'll follows a pronoun; after names, 'll is often a full syllable - you'll need /əl/:

Harry'll be hear at ten.
 

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Hello all,

I have to teach a grammar lesson on 'will' soon. I was wondering how would I write the contracted form of 'will' using the phonemic alphabet?

Would it simply be, /l/?

Thanks for your help,
Shroob
It's [ɫ] in many accents, but the phoneme is indeed /l/.
 

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Will promote the focus on low prices and cost savings.
"Consumers are more and more thoughtful than ever the price, especially in the daily procurement." When someone searches for a product, you know they are interested; report their use of publicity, you have the highest quality and most reasonable price, you more likely to win their clicks. "
Welcome to the forum, musuoka. Do you have a question about the words you have posted? If you have, please make it clear what your question is. Unless it is connected with the phonemic/phonetic transcription of "'ll", please start another thread with your question.
 

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It was a spammer warming-up.
 
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