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Lesson 18: stress tips. Nov 10th, 2005

On this show we talked about stress patterns and the difference between “whether” and “if”. Here are some points:

Nouns=stress the first syllable; CENter, OBject, FLOWer.
Verbs=stress the last syllable; reLEASE, arrANGE.
Noun and Noun=stress the first part; DESKtop, BOOKshelf.
words ending with “t ion” or “sion”=stress the syllable before last; techNIcian, graduAtion, informAtion.

“Whether” and “if” can be used interchangeably in reported speechin a question without a question word:
example: I’m not sure WHETHER/IF I’ll be able to go.

Certain verbs are followed by “whether” but not “if”, e.g., discuss.
example: We discussed whether we should do another show or not.

Use “whether” but not “if” before TO - infinitives and after prepositions.
example: My sister-in-law doesn’t know whether TO GET married or not.
I haven’t decided the question OFwhether to change my job or not.

Stress Patterns

Both sides of the pond
(US) bomb (disaster)/ (UK) bomb (success)
(US) broil/grill/ (UK) grill
(US) sidewalk/ (UK) pavement

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