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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
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Is "wouldn't" stressed?
I wouldn't do this, if my mum was sleeping in the same room as me.
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In a setting like this, stress can fall on any word you would like to emphasize. " You may want to stress the negative. It depends on what the speaker wants to stress.
- In a setting like this, stress can fall on any word you would like to emphasize.
- " You may want to stress the negative.
- It depends on what the speaker wants to stress.
- I wouldn't do this if my mum were sleeping in the same room as I.
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In a setting like this, stress can fall on any word you would like to emphasize. On first reading the sentence, my inclination is to stress "I" and "my." You may want to stress the negative. It depends on what the speaker wants to stress.
I wouldn't do this if my mum were sleeping in the same room as I.
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