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Filipino speakers stress the adjective more than the noun in their native language. In English, the noun is stressed more than the adjective.
| typical mistake: |
should be: |
| “That’s a nice car.” |
“That’s a nice car.” |
| “He’s an intelligent man.” |
“He’s an intelligent man.” |
Similarly, Filipinos tend to stress the first content word of a phrase or a sentence, whereas in English the last content word gets the most stress.
| typical mistake: |
should be: |
| “I drove my car.” |
“I drove my car.” |
| “I went to the bank.” |
“I went to the bank.” |
Other common word stress errors:
| typical mistake: |
should be: |
| “I should go.” |
“I should go.” |
| “Turn it off.” |
“Turn it off.” |
| “UCLA” |
“UCLA” |
Study all of the other rules of word stress in Chapters Five through Eight and practice the exercises over and over.
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