Stress in words

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pls tell the stress of these wordspoliticsnumberacademydemocraticgreatpoliticalnumericalacademicdemocracygreatness

Hele · Accepted Answer

srnnpls tell the stress of these words

politics- `politics

number- `number

academy-a`cademy
democratic- ,democ`ratic

great- `great

political- po`litical

numerical-nu`merical
academic-,aca`demical
democracy- de`mocracy

greatness-`greatness

Srnn · Answer

Hele

please clear it again as I dont understand the apostrophies

Kooyeen · Answer

politics
number
academy
democratic
great
political
numerical
academic
democracy
greatness

Stress those syllables (it's the vowel that carries the stress).
You can check the stress in any good dictionary.

Hele · Answer

politics- `politics
number- `number
academy-a`cademy
democratic- ,democ`ratic (second from the end syllable is stressed when the word has -ic, sion and –tion ending)
great- `great
political- po`litical (third from the end syllable is stressed when the word has -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy, -al ending )
numerical-nu`merical (third from the end syllable is stressed when the word has -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy, -al ending)
academic-,aca`demical (third from the end syllable is stressed when the word has -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy, -al ending)
democracy- de`mocracy (third from the end syllable is stressed when the word has -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy, -al ending)
greatness-`greatness (we never stress suffixes)

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