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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Stress shift: when to use it?

I'm tote new to this. When do you use stress shift while speaking? Also, I'd like to know how to master stress shifting?

Do you have to shift stress on this sentence?

He does even know how to pronounce it?

is it pro'nounce or 'pronounce?

  

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The stress in the word "pronounce" always falls on the second syllable, never on the first. mosja He does even know how to pronounce it? This sentence is not natural English.

  • The stress in the word "pronounce" always falls on the second syllable, never on the first.
  • mosja He does even know how to pronounce it?
  • This sentence is not natural English.
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The stress in the word "pronounce" always falls on the second syllable, never on the first.

mosjaHe does even know how to pronounce it?

This sentence is not natural English.

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mosjaWhen do you use stress shift while speaking?

I don't know what you mean exactly. I have never heard of shifting stress while speaking.

If you are talking about words that have different stress patterns depending on whether they are verbs or nouns, you can find a list here:

Otherwise, the changes to normal stress that you'll hear in

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