euncu
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One of my major weakness when it comes to speaking is spelling, so I’ve been working on it. But it has come to a halt since I’m experiencing some difficulties with syllables. Some examples about these difficulties are taken checked from this site; Word Stress Rules
Ok, on this site, it is said that the most two-syllabled nouns and adjectives have their stresses on the first syllables;
PREsent, SLENder, CLEVer,…
My problem is that I don’t know how to divide a word into its syllables.
To me; the noun present is p[FONT="]ə[/FONT] -re-sent or p[FONT="]ə[/FONT] -res-ent.
The same for slender and clever;
s[FONT="]ə[/FONT] -len-der c[FONT="]ə[/FONT]-le-ver
This way, they no longer have 2 syllables and they are 3-syllabled now. Thus I don’t know what rule can be applied to spell them anymore.
Let me give you some other examples;
One of the other rules for spelling is that for the words ending with “-cy, -ty, -phy , -al” ,the stress is always on the ante-penultimate syllable.
Some examples are ; deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogy, CRItical, geoLOGical
But why is democracy being spelled as de-MO-cra-cy, not as de-moc-ra-cy or de-mo-c[FONT="]ə[/FONT]-ra-cy?
The same goes for the other examples;
de-pen-da-BI-li-ty versus de-pen-da-BIl-i-ty
pho-TO-gra-phy versus pho-TOG-ra-phy
ge-OL-o-gy versus ge-O-lo-gy
CRI-ti-cal versus c[FONT="]ə-[/FONT] RI-ti-cal
These examples are from the site I mentioned. If I’m to check a dictionary, I’d find tons of more examples.
Since spelling is crucial for me to correct and improve my speaking, I want your help how to divide the words (the ones with more than one syllable, of course) into their syllables.
Your helps are most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ok, on this site, it is said that the most two-syllabled nouns and adjectives have their stresses on the first syllables;
PREsent, SLENder, CLEVer,…
My problem is that I don’t know how to divide a word into its syllables.
To me; the noun present is p[FONT="]ə[/FONT] -re-sent or p[FONT="]ə[/FONT] -res-ent.
The same for slender and clever;
s[FONT="]ə[/FONT] -len-der c[FONT="]ə[/FONT]-le-ver
This way, they no longer have 2 syllables and they are 3-syllabled now. Thus I don’t know what rule can be applied to spell them anymore.
Let me give you some other examples;
One of the other rules for spelling is that for the words ending with “-cy, -ty, -phy , -al” ,the stress is always on the ante-penultimate syllable.
Some examples are ; deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogy, CRItical, geoLOGical
But why is democracy being spelled as de-MO-cra-cy, not as de-moc-ra-cy or de-mo-c[FONT="]ə[/FONT]-ra-cy?
The same goes for the other examples;
de-pen-da-BI-li-ty versus de-pen-da-BIl-i-ty
pho-TO-gra-phy versus pho-TOG-ra-phy
ge-OL-o-gy versus ge-O-lo-gy
CRI-ti-cal versus c[FONT="]ə-[/FONT] RI-ti-cal
These examples are from the site I mentioned. If I’m to check a dictionary, I’d find tons of more examples.
Since spelling is crucial for me to correct and improve my speaking, I want your help how to divide the words (the ones with more than one syllable, of course) into their syllables.
Your helps are most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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