The Down Side of Intonation

　　Reduced sounds are all those extra sounds created by an absence of lip, tongue, jaw, and throat movement.

　　They are a principal function of intonation and are truly indicative of the American sound.

　　Exercise 1-52: Reducing Articles

　　the man

　　a girl

　　theey apple

　　an orange

　　the best

　　a banana

　　theey egg

　　an opening

　　the last one

　　a computer

　　theey easy way

　　an interview