How do you stress these sentences?
...detached a long black right arm from hugging position.....
He's a young pygmy chimp
.....with the delicate fingers of a dark-brown hand.....
A young man.....
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With no other context these would typically be stressed as follows: 1. The word "long" is such a strong word that it almost always has to be the one given the emphasis in a sentence containing it. " 2.
- With no other context these would typically be stressed as follows: 1.
- The word "long" is such a strong word that it almost always has to be the one given the emphasis in a sentence containing it.
- " 2.
- "Pygmy" would be stressed.
- A pygmy chimp is a rare animal.
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With no other context these would typically be stressed as follows:
1. The word "long" is such a strong word that it almost always has to be the one given the emphasis in a sentence containing it. Stress "long."
2. "Pygmy" would be stressed. A pygmy chimp is a rare animal.
3. "Delicate" would almost always be the word that is stressed in a sentence containing it.
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He's a young pygmy chimp
.....with the delicate fingers of a dark-brown
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