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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Stressed syllable rule
?d'm?t. Which rule explains the stressed syllable in the word "admit (?d'm?t)" without checking it in a dictionary?
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t The root is "mit". The prefix is "ad". The root gets the stress in verb forms.
- t The root is "mit".
- The prefix is "ad".
- The root gets the stress in verb forms.
- Therefore, admit, remit, submit, transmit, emit, commit, and permit all have the same stress pattern.
- And so do these: conceive, receive, perceive, deceive affect, confect, defect, effect, infect, perfect report, transport, import, export, comport, purport, deport, support reserve, conserve, preserve, deserve, observe acclaim, declaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim and many, many others.
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æd'm?t
The root is "mit". The prefix is "ad".
The root gets the stress in verb forms.
Therefore, admit, remit, submit, transmit, emit, commit, and permit all have the same stress pattern.
And so do these:
conceive, receive, perceive, deceive
affect, confect, defect, effect, infect, perfect
report, transport, import,
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