Short YouTube video by Hadar Shemesh explaining three informal English shortcuts — 'shoulda', 'coulda', and 'woulda' — as contractions of 'should have', 'could have', and 'would have' to sound more effortless and emphasize keywords when speaking.
Here are three shortcuts that are going.
To help you sound more effortless and.
Deliver your message in a clearer way by focusing on the keywords.
In the sentence.
Instead of saying.
Should have.
You can say.
Shoulda. I shoulda seen that. Shoulda. I shoulda seen that.
Instead of saying.
Could have, you can say coulda. I coulda been there. Coulda. I coulda been there. Inst.
Instead of saying would.
Have, you can say woulda, woulda. I woulda called you. I woulda called you. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, woulda. What other shortcuts do you know? Let me know in the comments.
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