i should have seen it coming. → i shoulda seen it comin'. /aɪ ˈʃʊdə ˈsiːn ɪt ˈkʌmɪn/ Sentence Reduction
I ought to have realized or anticipated it.
'Should have' often reduces to 'shoulda' in casual speech. The '-ing' ending is also commonly reduced to '-in'' by dropping the 'g' sound.
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i should have seen it coming. → i shoulda seen it comin'.
/aɪ ˈʃʊdə ˈsiːn ɪt ˈkʌmɪn/
I ought to have realized or anticipated it.
'Should have' often reduces to 'shoulda' in casual speech. The '-ing' ending is also commonly reduced to '-in'' by dropping the 'g' sound.
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Example 1
I shoulda seen it comin' when he started acting weird.
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Example 2
Why didn't you warn me? You shoulda seen it comin'.
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Example 3
Looking back, I shoulda seen it comin', but I was too naive.
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Example 4
After all the red flags, I shoulda seen it comin'.
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Example 5
When they hired him, I totally shoulda seen it comin'.
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i should have seen it coming. → i shoulda seen it comin'.