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Musicgold Posted 15 years ago
Hi,
Could you please check if I am stressing correct words in the following lines from 'Jazz Chants'?
Poem- What are you going to do at Two?
I’ll meet you anytime you want but please don’t be late.
Taking credit
Whose book is this?
Are you sure it’s not yours?
Not yours? Not mine.
More Bad Luck
I am sorry I went to that place at all.
Personal questions
Where were you born? I would rather not say.
How much do you weigh?
How much rent do you pay?
Did you go to a concert?
Thanks,
MG.
Grammar
Am I stressing correct words? Jazz Chants 3
Hi,
Could you please check if I am stressing correct words in the following lines from 'Jazz Chants'?
Poem- What are you going to do at Two?
I’ll meet you anytime you want but please don’t be late.
Taking credit
Whose book is this?
Are you sure it’s not yours?
Not yours? Not mine.
More Bad Luck
I am sorry I went to that place at all.
Personal questions
Where were you born? I would rather not say.
How much do you weigh?
How much rent do you pay?
Did you go to a concert?
Thanks,
MG.
Top answer
I'll ' meet you ' any ' time you ' want but ' please ' don't be ' late. Whose ' book is this? Are you ' sure it's not ' yours?
- I'll ' meet you ' any ' time you ' want but ' please ' don't be ' late.
- Whose ' book is this?
- Are you ' sure it's not ' yours?
- ' Not yours?
- Not ' mine.
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I'll 'meet you 'any 'time you 'want but 'please 'don't be 'late.
Whose 'book is this?
Are you 'sure it's not 'yours?
'Not yours? Not 'mine.
I am 'sorry I 'went to that 'place at 'all.
'Where were you 'born? I would 'rather not '
Whose 'book is this?
Are you 'sure it's not 'yours?
'Not yours? Not 'mine.
I am 'sorry I 'went to that 'place at 'all.
'Where were you 'born? I would 'rather not '
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Thanks MM.
I am confused here. In my previous question, you said, the 5W take initial unstressed position (see below).
However, here we are stressing 'where'. I am trying to
Mister Micawber'Where were you 'born? I would 'rather not 'say.
I am confused here. In my previous question, you said, the 5W take initial unstressed position (see below).
However, here we are stressing 'where'. I am trying to
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___ is your name?
___ are you going?
___ were you born?
Which ones have expected answers and which one has more than one expected answer?
That's right - ellipted words are seldom stressed. So it has shifted to 'much'.
___ are you going?
___ were you born?
Which ones have expected answers and which one has more than one expected answer?
That's right - ellipted words are seldom stressed. So it has shifted to 'much'.
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Thanks.
The person asking these questions may expect to have only one answer for the name and born questions. So for those questions, the WH word is not stressed. Is that correct?
Mister Micawber ____ is your name?_____ are you going?____ were you born?Which ones have expected answers and which one has more than one expected answer?
The person asking these questions may expect to have only one answer for the name and born questions. So for those questions, the WH word is not stressed. Is that correct?
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No: the listener expects only one W word for the first 2, but the 3rd can easily be either 'when' or 'where', so it carries more stress.
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Mister MicawberNo: the listener expects only one W word for the first 2, but the 3rd can easily be either 'when' or 'where', so it carries more stress.ohhhh!
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