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Originally Posted by snbzk
This reminds me of an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in which they were somehow able to bust a guy because both he and his daughter enunciated their Ts.
This is true if something follows "can." If I just say "I/he/she can," the 'a' is the same as in "can't" whether the subject or the verb is stressed, but the sound is held longer than in "can't."
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Yes, that is what I meant. Thanks for clearing up some ambiguity I created.
Although this whole thread really belongs in the English-learning subforum, not the Japanese, no?