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Okay, an example of a reduction is when you wouldn't say "What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?" if you are talking to or greeting someone. Instead, he'd say, "What you doing? Hey, what you doing?" Because if you say "What are you doing?" like that, it almost implies that you're in trouble or you don't approve of what that person is doing. "What are you doing?" sounds more strict, formal, and exact. "What you doing?" and "Hey, what you doing?" then become a more friendly, inviting, and relaxed way of greeting someone. Okay, so there are certain words that typically get reduced, and I want to go through those specific words. The first one is "of." You'll notice that it's spelled "o F," but the pronunciation is very different than that. It's "ah." A lot of times, this "of" in connected speech becomes "ah." For example, instead of "some of," a lot of times what happens is we say "some of my friends are coming." So, I'm going to say it slower so that you can hear that exact sound. "Some of my friends are coming." It really gets reduced in that connected speech. Okay, what about "in most of"? This one you have "of." Okay, "most of the time," "most of the." So, there is a fuller pronunciation when it's attached to "most." "Most of the time," "I know most of you." Okay, and how about "out of"? This kind of becomes "outta." So, "Get out of here," becomes "Get outta here." "Hey, get out of here," becomes "Hey, get outta here." And how about "the printer is out of paper"? It becomes "The printer is outta paper." "Out of paper," "The printer is out of paper." Okay, so some of, most of,...