Connected Speech – Elision

Some rules for elision:
1 The most common elisions in English are / t / and / d /, when they appear within a consonant cluster:
We arrived the next day. (/ t / elided between / ks / and / d /)
When we reached Paris, we stopped for lunch. (/ t / elided between / tʃ / and / p /, and between / p / and / f /)
We bought a lovely carved statuette. (/ d / elided between / v / and / st /)

2 Complex consonant clusters are simplified.
She acts like she owns the place! (/ æ k t s / can be simplified to / æ k s /)
Teachers use authentic texts to teach from. (/ t e k s t s / can be simplified
to /t e k s /)
George the Sixth’s throne (/ s ɪ k θ s θ r/ simplified to (/ s ɪ k s θ r /)

3 / ə / can disappear in unstressed syllables.
I think we should call the police. (/ ə / can disappear in the first syllable of police)
I’ll love you forever, promise. Well, perhaps. (/ ə / can disappear)
It’s a question of collective responsibility. (/ ə / can disappear)
Are you coming out tonight? (/ ə / can disappear)
That’s an interesting idea. (/ ə / is not pronounced by many speakers reducing the number of syllables in the word)
Have we got any vegetables? (/ ə / is not pronounced by most speakers reducing the number of syllables in the word)

4 / v / can disappear in of, before consonants.
My birthday’s on the 11th of November.
It’s a complete waste of time!
That’s the least of my worries!