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Received Pronunciation

The dropped R

/ɑː/as in car

The R after a vowel goes quiet, so car becomes cah.

Common habit

carrr

British

cah

What gives you away

Sounding every R hard, especially at the ends of words.

How to fix it

Let the R after a vowel melt into a long, open vowel. Do not curl the tongue back.

Practise words

carhardwaterlettergardenfurther

Hear how you do on car.

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