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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
stress
A: When is last session scheduled to start?
B: It's been cancelled.
Q) I was quited surprised that the speaker in a recording stressed "been".
What meaning can be suggested if the stress is there? (With usual meaning intended, stress should fall on cancelled, shouldn't it?)
B: It's been cancelled.
Q) I was quited surprised that the speaker in a recording stressed "been".
What meaning can be suggested if the stress is there? (With usual meaning intended, stress should fall on cancelled, shouldn't it?)
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Yes, you're right. Normally, cancelled would be stressed. Person A is asking when the session is due to start, so he thinks that the session is going ahead.
- Yes, you're right.
- Normally, cancelled would be stressed.
- Person A is asking when the session is due to start, so he thinks that the session is going ahead.
- Person B knows that the session is not going ahead, because it has been cancelled , so cancelled is the word he would stress.
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Yes, you're right. Normally, cancelled would be stressed. Person A is asking when the session is due to start, so he thinks that the session is going ahead. Person B knows that the session is not going ahead, because it has been cancelled, so cancelled is the word he would stress.
He is telling person A that person A's assumption that the session is still going
He is telling person A that person A's assumption that the session is still going
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