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fw
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 Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:58 pm Post subject: the heaviest stress (4) |
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Hello everyone.
The following is from a mock test for the national university entrance exam, the Japanese version of SAT in the U.S. Which word has the heaviest stress, (1), (2), (3), or (4), when the underlined sentence in the dialogue below is read out loud?
(1) I (2) eat (3) any (4) more
(At a party )
Helen: Are you enjoying yourself?
Mike: Very much. It�s a really great party. Thanks for inviting me.
Helen: Would you care for some roast beef?
Mike: No, thanks. I don�t eat meat any more.
The given answer is (2), but to me (4) seems to be also OK. What do you think?
Best regards,
fw
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Educationslave
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the reason is because it is an emotional topic there will be more stress put on it. for example
A girl says: "Like I'd eat [i]that[/i]
Obvoiously (because of the Italics) she is putting the most emphasis on 'that' mainly because she is digusted by 'that'
In youe example mike is stressing the eating because it is something he does not do to meat. if it were 'more' it would be 'anymore' not just more...
I'm not sure you should phrase that sentence with 'any more' either... I'm pretty shure it would be anymore. but it depends on who the person is. it is difficult to tell where the emphasis goes without hearing it spoken |
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Educationslave
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| hope that helps |
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