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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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