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Car candle 849 Posted 6 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Word stress in these sentences
1."Why are you here"
which word would be stressed? Why or here?
2."Your friend is a fair person."
which word would be stressed? Friend or fair?
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Word stress depends very much on context and on the meaning you want to convey. Let's look at your first example. "Why are you here" WHY are you here?
- Word stress depends very much on context and on the meaning you want to convey.
- Let's look at your first example.
- "Why are you here" WHY are you here?
- I want to know the reason.
- You've told us you're not here to promote us, not here to give us a salary increase, not here to praise us.
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Word stress depends very much on context and on the meaning you want to convey. Let's look at your first example.
"Why are you here"
WHY are you here? I want to know the reason.
You've told us you're not here to promote us, not here to give us a salary increase, not here to praise us. So just tell us, please. Why ARE you here?
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