ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Have you ever listened to a native English speaker and thought… wait, that sounds funny!
You HEAR one thing, but you SEE something completely different when it's written.
Today, I'm going to share with you a linguistic feature of English called coalescence (also known as fusion).
It's one of the most common processes in spoken English. Once you understand it, a lot of things that used to sound confusing will suddenly make perfect sense, AND know this will help you understand native speakers so. much. better.
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