Won’t

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Born and raised in Malaysia between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Educated at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England. Living in the foothills of Mount Etna since 1982 and teaching English at Catania University since 1987. View all posts by Tony

12 thoughts on “Won’t”

roby says:

23/08/2019 at 10:54

Now I understand.! Thanks a lot prof for these precious tips which help us to learn the English language deeply

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1. Tony says:
  
  23/08/2019 at 12:09
  
  🙂👍
  
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Liliana says:

22/08/2019 at 23:54

I find out it now.good👍🏻

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1. Tony says:
  
  23/08/2019 at 06:25
  
  🙂👍
  [I have found it out now.]
  
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  1. Liliana says:
    
    23/08/2019 at 11:51
    
    Si🙂present perfect dopo che ho scritto ciò pensavo 🙂
    
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    1. Tony says:
      
      23/08/2019 at 12:10
      
      🙂👍
      
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Giuseppe Spinnato says:

22/08/2019 at 23:45

WANT is always followed by TO, WON’T is never followed by TO

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1. Tony says:
  
  23/08/2019 at 06:24
  
  Also true. 🙂👍
  (I think Luca’s question was concerned with the pronunciation.)
  
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  1. Giuseppe Spinnato says:
    
    23/08/2019 at 10:05
    
    I know that Luca’s question was about the pronunciation, I wanted just to suggest that we recognize the correct word in English many times by the construction of the sentences rather than by their sound when they are very similar. CAN and CAN’T trouble me the most, since there is no construction that helps, and confusing them compromises seriously our comprehension.
    
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    1. Tony says:
      
      23/08/2019 at 12:15
      
      CAN and CAN’T is a problem for native speakers, too, especially when they are follwed by a verb beginning with ‘t’!
      But remember that CAN in the affirmative is pronounced ‘cn’ and takes no stress. In the negative the sound is longer (either ‘a’ or ‘ah’) and it does take stress. In this cade it is the intonation that helps.
      I cn come. (single stress)
      I can’t come. (double stress)
      
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Luca says:

22/08/2019 at 21:56

how can i understand the difference with “want” in the english spoken ?

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1. Tony says:
  
  22/08/2019 at 23:21
  
  want = wont (detto all’italiano)
  won’t = wount (detto all’italiano) FONDAMENTALE è quel suono di ‘u’.
  
  Domani metterò “won’t” nel canale di Pronuncia su Telegram:
  https://t.me/ingliandopronunciation
  
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