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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
For accents on words in a sentence???
For accents on words in a sentence. (stressed syllable in a sentence)
These days I've been all the time checking the native speakers' pronunciations and accents by internet dictionary. And sometimes I try to imitate what the native speaker says, watching some famous movies through Youtube.
* Now I can clearly know which syllables have accents through internet dictionary. But I can recognize accents only in nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. I couldn't figure out whether there are accents in case of pronouns and relative pronouns.
Q1) For accents on prepositions in a sentence,
I think that almost of all prepositions don't have accents (not 100%, I think in case of preposition with a little long sound have an accent), Is my feeling right?
Q2) Accents on pronouns in sentences.
What I want to know is, whether the pronouns have accents in a sentence or not. I think that the pronoun being used as subject in the sentence has an accent, but in case of objects, sometimes it could have, but sometimes it doesn't need. Am I right?
Could you tell me whether or not the pronoun being used as subject have an accent in a sentence or not?
Q3) For accents on the relative pronouns.
I think that the relative pronouns like "that and "which" have accents in sentences, but the relative pronouns like "who" and "whom" don't have an accent in sentences. Am I right?
Q4) "Not" and "don't" have an accent in a sentence, is it right?
I'm imitating what native speakers say but I hope that someone give me some tips. I need a direction. Thank you in advance for your teaching.
These days I've been all the time checking the native speakers' pronunciations and accents by internet dictionary. And sometimes I try to imitate what the native speaker says, watching some famous movies through Youtube.
* Now I can clearly know which syllables have accents through internet dictionary. But I can recognize accents only in nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. I couldn't figure out whether there are accents in case of pronouns and relative pronouns.
Q1) For accents on prepositions in a sentence,
I think that almost of all prepositions don't have accents (not 100%, I think in case of preposition with a little long sound have an accent), Is my feeling right?
Q2) Accents on pronouns in sentences.
What I want to know is, whether the pronouns have accents in a sentence or not. I think that the pronoun being used as subject in the sentence has an accent, but in case of objects, sometimes it could have, but sometimes it doesn't need. Am I right?
Could you tell me whether or not the pronoun being used as subject have an accent in a sentence or not?
Q3) For accents on the relative pronouns.
I think that the relative pronouns like "that and "which" have accents in sentences, but the relative pronouns like "who" and "whom" don't have an accent in sentences. Am I right?
Q4) "Not" and "don't" have an accent in a sentence, is it right?
I'm imitating what native speakers say but I hope that someone give me some tips. I need a direction. Thank you in advance for your teaching.
Top answer
Son James Q1) For accents on prepositions in a sentence, I think that almost of all prepositions don't have accents (not 100%, I think in case of preposition with a little long sound have an accent), Is my feeling right? Long sounds make no difference. You only put stress on a preposition if it's important in some special way.
- Son James Q1) For accents on prepositions in a sentence, I think that almost of all prepositions don't have accents (not 100%, I think in case of preposition with a little long sound have an accent), Is my feeling right?
- Long sounds make no difference.
- You only put stress on a preposition if it's important in some special way.
- And even then, it may be optional to stress it.
- The speaker decides whether it's important enough to stress.
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Son JamesQ1) For accents on prepositions in a sentence, I think that almost of all prepositions don't have accents (not 100%, I think in case of preposition with a little long sound have an accent), Is my feeling right?Long sounds make no difference. You only put stress on a preposition if it's important in some special way. And even then, it may be optiona
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