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Goat Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Stress -which syllable-without dictionary
Hi all,
Without using a dictionary, how do I know which syllable of a word should be stressed?
And also can I stress any syllable? For example in a 3 syllable word, can I stress any syllable?
Thank you
Without using a dictionary, how do I know which syllable of a word should be stressed?
And also can I stress any syllable? For example in a 3 syllable word, can I stress any syllable?
Thank you
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-- You don't. All I can tell you is that in multisyllabic words, the last syllable is usually unstressed. -- No, of course not.
- -- You don't.
- All I can tell you is that in multisyllabic words, the last syllable is usually unstressed.
- -- No, of course not.
- -- No, of course not.
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Without using a dictionary, how do I know which syllable of a word should be stressed?-- You don't. All I can tell you is that in multisyllabic words, the last syllable is usually unstressed.
And also can I stress any syllable?-- No, of course not.
For example in a 3 syllable word, can I stress any syllable?-- No, of course not.
And also can I stress any syllable?-- No, of course not.
For example in a 3 syllable word, can I stress any syllable?-- No, of course not.
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