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Handtalk Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
"would you like ... to do" vs "would you like to ... do"
Questions about how you pause when you speak. This has to be related to how you understand the language, I suspect.
Questions:
Which is the better stopping point.
"Would you like ... to come with me?" or "Would you like to ... come with me?"
Another one:
"Would you be interested ... in coming with me?" or "Would you be interested in ... coming with me?"
Thanks.
Questions:
Which is the better stopping point.
"Would you like ... to come with me?" or "Would you like to ... come with me?"
Another one:
"Would you be interested ... in coming with me?" or "Would you be interested in ... coming with me?"
Thanks.
Top answer
There is no question of 'better' or 'worse'; it is primarily a matter of the synchronization of the speaker's thoughts and speech. Nevertheless, since English is a stress-based language, I suppose that a majority of native speakers would stop at the final unstressed breathing syllable of each unit: "Would you like to ... " "Would you be interested in ...
- There is no question of 'better' or 'worse'; it is primarily a matter of the synchronization of the speaker's thoughts and speech.
- Nevertheless, since English is a stress-based language, I suppose that a majority of native speakers would stop at the final unstressed breathing syllable of each unit: "Would you like to ...
- " "Would you be interested in ...
- " .
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There is no question of 'better' or 'worse'; it is primarily a matter of the synchronization of the speaker's thoughts and speech. Nevertheless, since English is a stress-based language, I suppose that a majority of native speakers would stop at the final unstressed breathing syllable of each unit:
"Would you like to ... come with me?"
"Would you be interested in ...
There is no question of 'better' or 'worse'; it is primarily a matter of the synchronization of the speaker's thoughts and speech. Nevertheless, since English is a stress-based language, I suppose that a majority of native speakers would stop at the final unstressed breathing syllable of each unit:
"Would you like to ... come with me?"
"Would you be interested in ...
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Thanks Mr. Micawber.
It helped a lot.
So, you take "(would you) like to" and "be interested in" as units, insted of "(would you) like" and "be interested".
I think my question basically boilds down to this, "How do you find expression units?", eg How did you pick "be interested in", insted of "be interested", as the unit?
I tried some excercise blow.
Am I doing OK o
It helped a lot.
So, you take "(would you) like to" and "be interested in" as units, insted of "(would you) like" and "be interested".
I think my question basically boilds down to this, "How do you find expression units?", eg How did you pick "be interested in", insted of "be interested", as the unit?
I tried some excercise blow.
Am I doing OK o
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The pause comes before the stress, and English stress comes in the stressed syllable of new words (information words, words new to the conversation), negative words, contrasting words, and generally nouns, verbs and adverbs. These are just guidelines-- all depends on the individual conversation-- what the interlocutors are actually talking about.
I have marked the normally stres
The pause comes before the stress, and English stress comes in the stressed syllable of new words (information words, words new to the conversation), negative words, contrasting words, and generally nouns, verbs and adverbs. These are just guidelines-- all depends on the individual conversation-- what the interlocutors are actually talking about.
I have marked the normally stres
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