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Lcwang Posted 17 years ago
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Please advise if the stress on the boldface below change the meaning of the sentence. What on the right-and side of the equal sign is my guess.
1. What would you like? = What exactly would you be happy with?
2. What would you like? = If you were offered a choice, what would you like?
3. What would you like? = The others have ordered. You?
4. What would you like? = normal question.
1. I didn’t hire Jane. = Someone else hired her.
2. I didn’t hire Jane. = I didn’t. The statement is not true.
3. I didn’t hire Jane. = I may have interviewed her, but I didn’t decide to hire her.
4. I didn’t hire Jane. = I hired someone else.
1. Where can we go? = ??
2. Where can we go? = We are not allowed to go anywhere. Is there any place we are allowed to go?
3. Where can we go? = They can go there. What about us?
4. Where can we go? = normal question.
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Please advise if the stress on the boldface below change the meaning of the sentence. What on the right-and side of the equal sign is my guess.
1. What would you like? = What exactly would you be happy with?
2. What would you like? = If you were offered a choice, what would you like?
3. What would you like? = The others have ordered. You?
4. What would you like? = normal question.
1. I didn’t hire Jane. = Someone else hired her.
2. I didn’t hire Jane. = I didn’t. The statement is not true.
3. I didn’t hire Jane. = I may have interviewed her, but I didn’t decide to hire her.
4. I didn’t hire Jane. = I hired someone else.
1. Where can we go? = ??
2. Where can we go? = We are not allowed to go anywhere. Is there any place we are allowed to go?
3. Where can we go? = They can go there. What about us?
4. Where can we go? = normal question.
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1. What would you like? = What exactly would you be happy with? [Not idiomatic.]
2. What would you like? = If you were offered a choice, what would you like? [Shows great impatience at the other person's indecisiveness.]
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Hi Lcwang
This is what comes to my mind when the words in boldface type are stressed. I've changed a few of your interpretations:
1. What would you like? = I didn't say "who", I said "what".
2. What would you like? = You've already said you would not be happy with things that have already been offered or suggested, so now I want to know sp
This is what comes to my mind when the words in boldface type are stressed. I've changed a few of your interpretations:
1. What would you like? = I didn't say "who", I said "what".
2. What would you like? = You've already said you would not be happy with things that have already been offered or suggested, so now I want to know sp
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