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8 Nov 2020
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I can’t catch what she is saying. Could you tell me that?
“Leo and Clementine will be here any seconds.”
“We better go get you ready.”
Is it correct?
Would you help me?
I can’t catch what she is saying. Could you tell me that?
“Leo and Clementine will be here any seconds.”
“We better go get you ready.”
Is it correct?
I can’t catch what she is saying. Could you tell me that?
“Leo and Clementine will be here any seconds.”
“We better go get you ready.”
Is it correct?
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@Daisy_55 No, they have the same definition. "Had" is not needed to understand the sentence. Native speakers often leave those words out. It's less effort and delivers the same essential information. I don't think this technically qualifies as an informal contractions, but its purpose is the same, to save effort.
Also note how she says "and". She uses a glottal stop and doesn't pronounce the D sound and she does something with the A as well. To me she sounds like she is saying the letter N, but I intuitively and instantly understand it as "and"
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“Leo and Clementine will be here any second. We better go and get you ready!”
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Everything, but "and" Very well done!!😉
“We better go "and" get you ready.”
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@Daisy_55 No, they have the same definition. "Had" is not needed to understand the sentence. Native speakers often leave those words out. It's less effort and delivers the same essential information. I don't think this technically qualifies as an informal contractions, but its purpose is the same, to save effort.
Also note how she says "and". She uses a glottal stop and doesn't pronounce the D sound and she does something with the A as well. To me she sounds like she is saying the letter N, but I intuitively and instantly understand it as "and"
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