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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
varying stress: What would you like?
1. WHAT would you like?
2. What WOULD you like?
3. What would YOU like?
4. What would you LIKE?
Q1) I'm not sure what #2 could mean?
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Q2) Is the speaker in #1 annoyed because the listener is being picky when choosing something?
Q3) Does the speaker in #3 now want to ask YOUR preference, not others?
Q4) Does the speaker want to ask the listener again what he/she just said?
2. What WOULD you like?
3. What would YOU like?
4. What would you LIKE?
Q1) I'm not sure what #2 could mean?
And
Q2) Is the speaker in #1 annoyed because the listener is being picky when choosing something?
Q3) Does the speaker in #3 now want to ask YOUR preference, not others?
Q4) Does the speaker want to ask the listener again what he/she just said?
Top answer
This is how I might interpret the stress in your examples: 1. WHAT would you like? = The speaker may be annoyed, but it's impossible to tell without more context.
- This is how I might interpret the stress in your examples: 1.
- WHAT would you like?
- = The speaker may be annoyed, but it's impossible to tell without more context.
- 2.
- What WOULD you like?
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This is how I might interpret the stress in your examples:
1. WHAT would you like? = The speaker may be annoyed, but it's impossible to tell without more context.
2. What WOULD you like? = Well, if you don't want the bag in leather, what material WOULD you like?
3. What would YOU like? = Now that we have determined what your friends would like, I'd like to know what YOU would like.
1. WHAT would you like? = The speaker may be annoyed, but it's impossible to tell without more context.
2. What WOULD you like? = Well, if you don't want the bag in leather, what material WOULD you like?
3. What would YOU like? = Now that we have determined what your friends would like, I'd like to know what YOU would like.
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