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Hello!

Could you please help me with this question?

A. middle-aged
B. encouraged
C. followed
D. copied

I could not make a choice here.

Thanks a lot.

P.S: This question came from an English test for students.
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Re: Pronunciation

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What's the question?

These all end in /d/.

The single word "aged" often ends in /Id/.

But as I say, what's the actual question?
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Re: Pronunciation

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The question is: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. :-(
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Re: Pronunciation

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They are all pronounced the same: /d/

But the SINGLE WORD “aged” often ends with /Id/.

For example:
a middle-aged man /d/
an aged man /Id/
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Re: Pronunciation

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Got it! Thanks so much for all your help!
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Re: Pronunciation

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nguyenluyen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:40 am Hello!

Could you please help me with this question?

A. middle-aged
B. encouraged
C. followed
D. copied

I could not make a choice here.

Thanks a lot.

P.S: This question came from an English test for students.
:?: making incomplete sense
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Re: Pronunciation

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Joe wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:52 am They are all pronounced the same: /d/

But the SINGLE WORD “aged” often ends with /Id/.

For example:
a middle-aged man /d/
an aged man /Id/
oh really
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Re: Pronunciation

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Firefox wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:10 pm What's the question? :roll:

These all end in /d/.

The single word "aged" often ends in /Id/.

But as I say, what's the actual question?
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Re: Pronunciation

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nguyenluyen wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:30 am The question is: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. :-(
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