/t/ for /d/ for word endings

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Wed Aug 15 14:05:17 UTC 2007


Someone said the below.  Is this standard American pronunciation?

/t/ is voiceless and /d/ is voiced.  In standard American pronunciation,
verbs
that end with a voiceless sound (/f/k/p/s/sh/ch/) add /t/ for their -ed
ending.
Verbs that end with a voiced sound add /d/ for their -ed ending.


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