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These words are nouns when the last syllable rhymes with "kit" and verbs when it rhymes with "kate".
o Is there any learned but popular account of this phenomenon in English?
o Which words have I missed?
o Is there any particular name for this phenomenon?
Mike Hardy
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deliberate
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estimate
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initiate
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legitimate
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o Is there any learned but popular account of this phenomenon in English?
o Which words have I missed?
o Is there any particular name for this phenomenon?
Mike Hardy
advocate
affiliate
aggregate
alternate
appropriate
consumate
coordinate
degenerate
deliberate
discriminate
duplicate
elaborate
estimate
graduate
initiate
intimate
isolate
legitimate
moderate
pontificate
replicate
separate
sophisticate
syndicate
Top answer
[/nq] I tend to pronounce the "-ate" noun as an "-ut" (cut), but agree that the verb endings tend to rhyme with "kate". I assume there is a bit more stress on or lenghening of the verb endings than on the noun endings. That verb ending "a" is under stress when the "-tion", or the gerundive ending are used.
- [/nq] I tend to pronounce the "-ate" noun as an "-ut" (cut), but agree that the verb endings tend to rhyme with "kate".
- I assume there is a bit more stress on or lenghening of the verb endings than on the noun endings.
- That verb ending "a" is under stress when the "-tion", or the gerundive ending are used.
- [nq:1]o Is there any learned but popular account of this phenomenon in English?
- o Which words have I missed?
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[nq:1]These words are nouns when the last syllable rhymes with "kit" and verbs when it rhymes with "kate".[/nq]
I tend to pronounce the "-ate" noun as an "-ut" (cut), but agree that the verb endings tend to rhyme with "kate". I assume there is a bit more stress on or lenghening of the verb endings than on the noun endings. That verb ending "a" is under stress when the "-tion", or the gerundive
I tend to pronounce the "-ate" noun as an "-ut" (cut), but agree that the verb endings tend to rhyme with "kate". I assume there is a bit more stress on or lenghening of the verb endings than on the noun endings. That verb ending "a" is under stress when the "-tion", or the gerundive
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[nq:1]These words are nouns when the last syllable rhymes with "kit" and verbs when it rhymes with "kate". o Is there any learned but popular account of this phenomenon in English?[/nq]
It seems to me that it's the same phenomenon as noun/verbs of the "permit" class: verbs attract stress to their final syllables for some reason. The difference between the "advocate" class and the "permit" clas
It seems to me that it's the same phenomenon as noun/verbs of the "permit" class: verbs attract stress to their final syllables for some reason. The difference between the "advocate" class and the "permit" clas
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[nq:1]These words are nouns when the last syllable rhymes with "kit" and verbs when it rhymes with "kate".[/nq]
Not just nouns receive reduced stress on the final syllable it's also true of participial adjectives ending in . Such forms originally appeared in Middle English as anglicizations of Latin participles (many of these participial adjectives ended up being used as nouns as well). In Ear
Not just nouns receive reduced stress on the final syllable it's also true of participial adjectives ending in . Such forms originally appeared in Middle English as anglicizations of Latin participles (many of these participial adjectives ended up being used as nouns as well). In Ear
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