Most Common Words: FIND🔎

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Rachel's English


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The word "find". This is a verb,  
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a content word, and it will  be stressed in a sentence. 
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We have the AI diphthong, find. But pay attention to that ending D. 
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When it comes between two consonants,
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we will drop it, like in the word, "finds". 
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Finds - I'm not making a D sound there. 
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It's right from the N sound into a light Z. This would also happen if we were linking  
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this word into a word that begins  with a consonant, like in the phrase,  
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"I found my book." I found my, found my. You do not need to worry about the D there. 
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But when it's followed by  a vowel, we will make a D. 
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For example, in the phrase, "find out." Find. Find out. 
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There, I'm making a D sound  as I link into the next word. 
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Also, in the word, "findings".
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There, I've added a suffix and it starts with  
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a vowel and I am making more of a D sound.
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Findings, findings.
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