Elision
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The /t/ is often elided in "next day". True or False?
True.
Elision: A process in which a sound is erased. True or False?
False. The sound is not erased, it's omitted in pronunciation. It still exists in the spelling, but we don't articulate it when speaking.
In the phrase “old man”, what sound is usually elided?
/d/
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