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Shravanmm Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

How to reduce stressing all the words?

Dear all,

I am stressing almost all the words while talking and reading English, Could someone please tell me how reduce that?

Thank you.
  

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You can do worse than to stress the subject, verb, and object. You can also stress words that underline meaning by ruling out alternatives. " That is: it's THAT plan, as opposed to some other plan.

  • You can do worse than to stress the subject, verb, and object.
  • You can also stress words that underline meaning by ruling out alternatives.
  • " That is: it's THAT plan, as opposed to some other plan.
  • " That is: it's MY plan that I wrote up for the big meeting, not your plan, you little weasel.
  • " That is: my PLAN is one possible outcome, but other outcomes are just as likely.
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You can do worse than to stress the subject, verb, and object.
You can also stress words that underline meaning by ruling out alternatives. Some examples:
(1.) "THAT'S my plan" = "Aha, I've figured out what to do." That is: it's THAT plan, as opposed to some other plan.
(2.) "That's MY plan" = "Hey, you're taking credit for my work!" That is: it's MY plan that I wrote up for the big

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