Although rare, "shall" has a full stressed form which occurs in postive sentences. It also has a weak form, which sounds a bit like "shull" (sorry, can't post the phonetics). My question is, does it also have a second weak (or weaker) form, written as "ll", as in "we'll", for example?
How many weak forms?
will (FUTURE) http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=90601&dict=CALD
2 forms only. So why would "shall" have three?
2 forms only. So why would "shall" have three?
Honestly, I've taught students how to use the weak forms but it seems they can't get it at all. However, they confess it is the kind of feature they can't get when listening. Now the point is, why do some native speakers of English sometimes do not use this sound inointot feature? I've talked to a woman from Oxford and she said she hated dropping 'h'. Why ?