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lotta … lotsa

It’s a lot of fun to travel around the United States.

There are lots of interesting things to see.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-fun-1.mp3


The word of is often reduced.

We write:  a lot of
We say:  /ə-ˈla-də/

We write:  lots of
We say:   /ˈla-tsə/

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-of-reduced.mp3

a lot of skyscrapers
lots of skyscrapers

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-skyscraper.mp3


a lot of tourists
lots of tourists

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-tourists.mp3


a lot of 
historic monuments
lots of
 historic monuments

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-monuments.mp3


a lot of
 football
lots of football

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-footbal.mp3


a lot of
 football fans
lots of football fans

 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-footbal-fans.mp3


a lot of
 farms
lots of
farms

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-farms.mp3


a lot of
animals
lots of
animals

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-animals.mp3


a lot of cowboys
lots of cowboys

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-cowboys.mp3


a lot of
beautiful scenery
lots of beautiful scenery

 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-scenery.mp3

a lot of roads and highways
lots of roads and highways

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-highways.mp3


When the preposition of is not reduced…  

we say:  /ə-ˈla-dəv/
we say:   /ˈla-tsəv/

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-of-not-reduced.mp3


Note:

We write:  a lot of
We can write:  a lotta

We write:  lots of
We can write:  lotsa

Written reduced forms … lotta … lotsa … reflect natural spoken language.
They are only for personal writing, such as emails to family or friends.

They are not standard written English.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/lotta-note.mp3

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 by Eva Easton Filed Under: Linking, lotta, lotsa, of, Reduction

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