American English Word Stress Question
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zoltankr
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American English Word Stress Question
Hi, the question: "What do you suggest?" phonetically looks like: wʌt dʊ yʊ səgˈdʒɛst? The t and d are in the same position, so I think we can drop the t: wʌdʊyʊ səgˈdʒɛst? am I right? The last content word in the question is "suggest". If I understand correctly generally we stress the last content word the most. Do we also have secondary stress in this question? Any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you.
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Joe
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Re: American English Word Stress Question
In normal neutral sentence stress, what and suggest will be stressed.
WHAT do you sugGEST?
WHAT do you sugGEST?
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