How to use "Wanna" - Spoken Contractions in English
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Wanna.
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It's short for
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Want to.
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Only want to?
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No , it's also short for
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want a
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So, there are many common mistakes people make with this
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Which mistakes?
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Let me give you an example:
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She want to. Is that correct ?
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No!
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Why ? Because it's third person,
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with third person we'll use "s".
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Shoud be "she wants to".
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But remenber "wanna"
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dosen"t contact "wants to".,
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only "want to".
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So we cannot say "She wanna, he wanna, it wanna"
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Only " I wanna, you wanna, they wanna,we wanna"
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He/she wants to
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We don"t contract them.
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The same with "want a"
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It"s not. For example:
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Wanna umbrella?
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That doesn"t sound right !
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Want an unbrella
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You can contract to wanan,wannan unbrella?
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It's raining, wanan unbrella?
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Again,in British English
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definitely not!
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Wannan? Never !
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Wanna?
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In text English ,it's OK.
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But for exam , definitely not !
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In spoke English , it souds natual . But in British
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For exam, no !
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In text English , tha"s fine. Because it's between friends.
It's informal, right ?
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Enhmm,OK. An example of this.
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If you want a donut,
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you could say : I wanna donut.
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Because " want a donut " ,that's OK.
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Hmmm, I wanna donut.
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And again you can use glottal T:
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I wanna dobu'
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Say with me , I wanna donu'
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I wanna donut , do you wanna donut ?
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