
08-Jul-2008, 02:44
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Re: stress Quote:
Originally Posted by vivemafille In both words, it falls on the first syllable. (American English) |
(not a professional teacher) In NZ English, I would agree with that for the primary stress, but we say both words like this: IMpleMENTed and IMpleMENTing, with a clear secondary stress on "ment". This contrasts with the word IMplement, as a noun meaning "tool" which for us has only that primary stress. As a verb, IMpleMENT is not uncommon |