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Difficult Reductions in English

By Julie Cunningham, MA, CCC-SLP — licensed speech-language pathologist

(Video Transcript)

Learn how to speak clear and fast English in this short video! I'll teach you how to pronounce the common English reductions of the phrases:

ask her

ask him

I asked her

I asked him

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(Video Transcript)

Learn how to speak clear and fast English in this short video! Julie teaches you how to pronounce the common English reductions of the phrases:

ask her

ask him

I asked her

I asked him