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Reduction
Word Final -ED
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Reduction
+ 'of'

Pattern

Reductions are common in natural speech.
Written reduced forms in advertisements, songs, personal writing, reflect natural spoken language.
They are not standard written English.

reduced form standard written form
kinda
kindsa
lotta
lotsa
kind of
kinds of
lot of
lots of