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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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help me to understand what are primary and sencondary stresses
0 According to the Collins/Cobuild dictionary, it is said that a few words are shown with three underlined syllables. In this case, the third underlined syllable will have primary stress, while the secondary stress may be on the first or second syllable. 02 br
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00 May be if I understand what primary stress and secondary stress are, I can understand what the paragraph means. 02 br
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01 u 00 If you will, p/s tell me what the above paragraph is saying. Thank you. 02 u 0-
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00 May be if I understand what primary stress and secondary stress are, I can understand what the paragraph means. 02 br
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01 u 00 If you will, p/s tell me what the above paragraph is saying. Thank you. 02 u 0-
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0 I don't understand the part about underlining, but primary stress = strongest stress, and secondary stress = not-so-strong stress. 0-
- 0 I don't understand the part about underlining, but primary stress = strongest stress, and secondary stress = not-so-strong stress.
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0 I don't understand the part about underlining, but primary stress = strongest stress, and secondary stress = not-so-strong stress. Many polysyllabic words have these: 02 br
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01 i 00 Anticlerical 02 i 00 : 01 i 00 'an ti "kler i kl 02 i 00 -- primary stress on " 01 i 00 kler 02 i 00 , secondary stress on ' 01 i 00 an 02
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01 i 00 Anticlerical 02 i 00 : 01 i 00 'an ti "kler i kl 02 i 00 -- primary stress on " 01 i 00 kler 02 i 00 , secondary stress on ' 01 i 00 an 02
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