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Stress the syllable immediately before the suffix (e.g., eclec TIC , philo SOPH ical).
| Word Type | Stress Pattern | Examples | | ----------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | | First Syllable | 'ta-ble, 'pa-per, 'ha-ppy, 'cle-ver | | Verbs & Prepositions | Second (Last) Syllable | re-'lax, de-'cide, be-'tween, a-'bove | The Syllable Stress Survival Guide Pdf
To sound natural, you must make stressed syllables clear and elongated, while making unstressed syllables incredibly short and lazy. How to Use "The Syllable Stress Survival Guide PDF" Stress the syllable immediately before the suffix (e
Watch out for "homographs"—words that look the same but change stress based on their job in the sentence: "I want to rec -ord (verb) a new rec -ord (noun)." a-'bove | To sound natural
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