welcome to daily tips on learning English
today's tip is on how syllable stress can effect the meaning of words
remenber that stress syllable are said louder and alenfint
and unstress syllable are prenounce more softly
and often;
and often have the vao sound reduced
sometimes this difference can be the difference between a verb and a noun or ajtive
there are a list faulty pare of words in which syllable stress along make this difference
some example include adict edit
convacte convicte
perfect
eachtime this second syllable is stress
the word is verb
when the first syllable is stress
the word is eather a noun or ajtive
let's look at some examples more closely
permit
a permit is a noun
it is a peice of paper which offer risers you to do something
for estings a fishing permit
allows you to go fishing
permit is a verb
it means to allow
for instance
fishing isn't permit here without a permit
another example is perfect
perfect is an ajtive
it means a hundred persent correct, no mistakes or errors
the verb is perfect, it means to make something perfect
for example i want to perfect my English means I want to make my English perfect.
make sure you stress the right syllable
it can be the difference between difference parts of speech
this is being today's daily tips.
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