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1. I can swim very well.
2. I can't swim very well.

How can we distinguish 'can' from 'can't'? How do we pronounce 'can'?
17 years ago

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Ms. Sue
To hear the pronunciation, go to this site and click on the loudspeaker symbol.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/can

We can usually distinguish between can and can't because we emphasize CAN'T, making sure we pronounce the "t."
17 years ago

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