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The noun, in the first sentence, has the accent on the first syllable. PRAW-gress. (American pronunciation) The verb, in the second sentence, has the accent on the second syllable. pruh-GRESS. (Also American) Did you mean pronunciation, or did you mean something else?

Dear all, All passages below are from “ Crazy English ” – by Richard Lederer, POCKET BOOKS . (I tried to find an Internet link, but failed. So please pardon me for the length of the text, which I believe would be very informative). “HETERONYMS – words with same spelling as other...

The words listed below have the property you're talking about, Maple. Compared to the thousands of verbs in the English language, there really aren't that many. Yet, when faced with the list, it is a lot of words to learn! This is not an exhaustive list. Maybe others can add to it. ...

The rule applies quite widely. There are a lot of verb-noun pairs with this property. What's frustrating, however, is that the pattern does not apply universally! I think you mean con s ent . Stress the second syllable whether verb or noun. CJ

Hi, I'm sorry, but there are no rules! You have to remember where the accent is, the same way you have to remember how to pronounce a word in English. Is it ac cent or ac cent ? It's ac cent. Is it re cord or re cord ? It depends, re cord is a noun, re cord is a verb. There's no rule, you...

Other meanings of C ock, as well as the human surname and the rude one! So you see, we don't automatically think of the rude meaning everytime we hear these words, they have other perfectly normal uses as well, and are not seen as an odd choice of name. nouns Adult male chicken Male...

English people DO have trouble with Greek accents. One interesting problem is the difference in intonation. In Greek, a sentence will always end with the voice rising in tone if it is a question. In English this is not always so. In fact if you speak English like this it might give the impression...

yesterday." In Chinese, it basically goes "I run yesterday." However, It is very difficult to learn for its 4 major accents (Goes Upwards towards the end of pronunciation for the letter, Starts from High and stays in High, Starts from Low and remains in Low, and Starts from High and ends...

hi, I am not sure about other things but as for accent if you have to repeat yourself in US, its is not because your English is poor, its because the way subcontinent people intonate is totally different than the US people. More over in US you stress on nouns and pronouns, while in subcontinent...

We use 'can' to say that sth is possible or that somebody has the ability to do something. Therefore I generate the following sentences, 1) I can speak English. (ability) 2) The word 'influence' can be a noun or a verb. If the accent falls on the first syllable, it's a noun; if the second, a...