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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

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Stress in* compounds or stress *on compounds?
Which one is right? If both, then what's the difference between them?
  

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Either one may be OK, but it depends on the context. What is the rest of the sentence you are considering?

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  • Either one may be OK, but it depends on the context.
  • What is the rest of the sentence you are considering?
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Either one may be OK, but it depends on the context. What is the rest of the sentence you are considering?
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Suppose that there are two books, one of them is 'Stress in Compound Words' the other one is 'Stress on Compound Words'. What do you think to be the difference between them?
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Anonymous Stress in* compounds or stress *on compounds?Which one is right? If both, then what's the difference between them?
I suppose you mean stress in (within) compound words, i.e., questions of which of the elements of a compound word should receive the stress when speaking.

Nevertheless, your question really needs more detail because "comp
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