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Number 45, the word ABOUT.
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This word can be a preposition, an adverb, or an adjective.
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It doesn't reduce, none of the sounds change.
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Sometimes, it's stressed in a sentence.
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For example,
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"I was out and about and I thought I'd stop by."
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About, about --
It's longer and it has more volume.
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A higher pitch.
Out and about.
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But it can also be unstressed,
it's all about the timing.
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It's all about about the timing,
about the, about the, about the.
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It's lower in pitch and volume and a little
less clear than when it was stressed.
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About --
it's all about the timing,
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all about the,
about the, about the.
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So it can be unstressed,
but nothing changes, it doesn't reduce.
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Since it's a two syllable word,
it still has one syllable that's
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stressed, that's a little clear,
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even when the word is being used in an unstressed way.
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