Rachel Adams
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Creative has three syllables. The final one is the suffix -ive. Which syllable is stressed?
Hello.
This excercise is from the book English File. It asks to underline the syllable and it also says that the stress syllable will never be on the prefix or suffix. But isn't it in the word ''creative?'' I mean on ''ative.''
I underlined the stressed syllables. View attachment 3417
Definitely four for the latter when I'm talking. The former usually comes out as cumf-ter-bull in my dialect, but sometimes I put the /r/ back where it belongs and pronounce all four syllables.For me, comfortable is closer to three and rebellious is closer to four.
Sometimes. Where I come from, they're ree-bell-yus and cumf-tr-bl.They've made some mistakes on the syllable divisions. Both the words in #3 (rebellious) and #4 (comfortable) have four syllables, but they've only divided them into three.
For me, comfortable is closer to three and rebellious is closer to four.
Ditto. I count three.I can't go with four for 'rebellious'.
I count three for each.Definitely four for the latter when I'm talking. The former usually comes out as cumf-ter-bull in my dialect, but sometimes I put the /r/ back where it belongs and pronounce all four syllables.
I've been in Maine for years and still get a kick out of the quirks of its accents.I might slip into three for 'rebellious' if speaking rapidly, but 'comfortable' is a solid four syllables for me any day of the week, all month long.
I might slip into three for 'rebellious' if speaking rapidly, but 'comfortable' is a solid four syllables for me any day of the week, all month long.
I might slip into three for 'rebellious' if speaking rapidly, but 'comfortable' is a solid four syllables for me any day of the week, all month long. Or all mouth long.![]()
I think the dominant pronunciation in my region is "kumf-ter-bull". We reduce the syllable count and shift the /r/. Linguistics has a word for that trick with the /r/ but I can't remember it.I think this might have to do with rhoticity. I wonder if comfortable is more likely to have four for speakers who articulate the /r/ sound.
I don't think so. I say cumf-tr-bl.. . . I wonder if comfortable is more likely to have four for speakers who articulate the /r/ sound.
I just can't can't can't do it.But seriously, break down 'rebellious" into syllables as with four, please.
I think the dominant pronunciation in my region is "kumf-ter-bull". We reduce the syllable count and shift the /r/. Linguistics has a word for that trick with the /r/ but I can't remember it.
Ax and ye shall receive, eh? (I heard "ax" for ask on many kids' lips in my childhood — white and black. Nowadays I associate it mostly with AAVE, but it wouldn't surprise me to hear some white Americans make the exchange.)Interesting technique! (It's called metathesis).
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