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Old 01-Aug-2006, 19:13
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Default Re: Accent

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Originally Posted by candice48
Hi all,
Please help out with the following statement.
Choose the statement below that's true:
A) An accent affects only pronunciation
B) Accent can change the meaning of a word
C) Every word has one and only one accent
D) Every word has both an accent and a stress
Thanks everyone for looking.
Candy

I am probably being stupid here (too much time on the beach today) but what do you mean by accent when it is applied to English?
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