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. Mark where the main stress falls when pronouncing these words:
- advertising photography
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(The "s" is pronounced like a "z".)



In American English, it's spelled like a Z, too!
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good afternoon
- who can help me to find the answer to this question

. Mark where the main stress falls when pronouncing these words:
- advertising photography

i hope that you answer me quickly
If you mean in the pronounciation, in advertising, the stess is on the "ad"
In photography, the stress is on the "to"

I am not a teacher.
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