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Did you know these two letters can be
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pronounced in three different ways?
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They can be /d/, /t/ or /id/. Here's how to find out which.
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First, feel your neck. If a sound makes it vibrate like /d/,
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then it's voiced. If it doesn't like /t/, then it isn't.
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Where 'ed' comes after a vowel or a voiced
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consonant then pronounce it as /d/ -
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which is a voiced sound.
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Played, used.
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If you have 'ed' after an unvoiced
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sound then it sounds like /t/.
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An unvoiced sound. Looked, helped.
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If you have t or d then 'ed' becomes /id/ -
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it's just easier to say. Wanted, needed.
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So if 'ed' comes after a voiced sound,
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then it's voiced. If it comes after an unvoiced
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sound, then it's unvoiced and if it
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comes after /t/ or /d/, then it's /id/.
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