English Pronunciation Tip of the Day
Tip 83
Category: Weak
forms
Author: JAM
Stranding - an exception
The word have is sometimes an exception to the rule that stranded auxiliaries and modal are not used in the weak form (see Tip 73) The exceptional behaviour only occurs in phrases where have is preceded by a modal verb. Examples: could have, would have, shouldn't have, can't have. Have can be either strong or weak in these phrases, no matter whether it is stressed or unstressed. Here are a couple of example dialogues:
a: Fred left early.
b: Well, he shouldn't have. /wel hi "SUdnt @v/ or /"SUdnt h{v/
a: Surely they haven't spent it all.
b: They must have. /DeI "mVst @v/ or /"mVst h{v/