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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. English has no firm rules about which syllable is stressed.

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2016, 05:54 PM

Sep 2016

It's one of the things that makes learning this language quite tricky.

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pronunciation of poly- [View all] Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 OP

Yes. Igel Aug 2016 #1

When I was learning ancient Greek, Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 #2

English has no firm rules about which syllable is stressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #3

Another is that we have so many phrasal verbs. Lionel Mandrake Sep 2016 #4

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