Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect
Aug 31, 2025
Why Americans Say “Gonna” Instead of “Going to” (And When You Should Too)
🗂️ Category: Online Language Learning 🗣️ Introduction You studied going to, but suddenly you hear gonna. You know the word, but in real speech it transforms into something completely different. This is normal: in spoken American English, words are reduced (or “swallowed”) because language follows muscle movement and ease of pronunciation, not textbook spelling. Let’s […]
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