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Zoltán Király Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Stress Question
Hi, I have four sentences. I marked the words that I think are stressed in bold.
1. I call you back.
2. I call you back in a minute.
3. I call you back in a few minutes.
4. I call you back as soon as I can.
Although it's always true that any word can be stressed to give it emphasis, there is a default unemphatic accent. I'm interested to know If I stressed the words correctly in all four sentences. I'm not sure about sentence 3 and 4.
1. I call you back.
2. I call you back in a minute.
3. I call you back in a few minutes.
4. I call you back as soon as I can.
Although it's always true that any word can be stressed to give it emphasis, there is a default unemphatic accent. I'm interested to know If I stressed the words correctly in all four sentences. I'm not sure about sentence 3 and 4.
Top answer
Zoltán Király have three sentences. None is correct: they must read " I'll ". Zoltán Király I'm interested to know If I stressed the words correctly in all four sentences.
- Zoltán Király have three sentences.
- None is correct: they must read " I'll ".
- Zoltán Király I'm interested to know If I stressed the words correctly in all four sentences.
- Yes, you have.
- Keep in mind that there are normally 3 levels of stress: unstressed, word stress and sentence stress, with the last the strongest.
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Zoltán Király have three sentences.None is correct: they must read "I'll".
Zoltán Király I'm interested to know If I stressed the words correctly in all four sentences.Yes, you have. Keep in mind that there are normally 3 levels of stress: unstressed, word stress and sentence stress, with the last the strongest. B
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Mister MicawberNone is correct: they must read "I'll".You're right. Sorry for the typo.
Mister MicawberYes, you have. Keep in mind that there are normally 3 levels of stress: unstressed, word stress and sentence stress, with the last the strongest. Below, I have indicated the sentence stresses only:I'm not sure if I unders
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Zoltán KirályI'm not sure if I understand what you mean.In sentences of adequate length, there are 3 stress levels: unstressed words, mid-stressed words (usually nouns, verbs and negatives) and a word (actually, a syllable of the word) which is the keyword of the sentence and is stressed more strongly than the mid-level stress. It usually appears at or near
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