Reductions occur commonly in speech when sounds in words are reduced or eliminated. Common reductions include pronouncing "of" with a schwa sound, turning "going to" into "gonna", changing "want to" to "wanna", and replacing "have to" and "has to" with "hafta" and "hasta" respectively. The document provides examples of sentences with and without these common reductions.

1. Pronunciation: Reductions
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2. Pronunciation: Reductions
• Reductions occur when sounds are reduced or
completely eliminated in words when spoken.
Reductions are very common in speech.
Reductions of 'of' -
A. The 'o' in of is often pronounced using the
schwa sound- uh.
why have becomes why have (... why ave...)
Why have you come here?

3. love him becomes love him. (...love im...)
She did not love him.
Reduction of ''going to' Going to becomes
gonna.
'I'm going to eat dinner' becomes
I'm gonna eat dinner.
Reduction of 'want to' Want to becomes
wanna.
'I want to read a book' becomes
I wanna read a book.

4. • Reduction of 'have to' Have to becomes
hafta.
• 'Most people have to work' becomes
• Most people hafta work.
• Reduction of 'has to' Has to becomes hasta.
• 'John has to fix his car' becomes
• John hasta fix his car.

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