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... Affirmative Negative Affirmative Negative am ( ' m not , an't ) should shouldn't is isn't will won't are was aren't would wouldn't wasn't can can't were weren't could couldn't have haven't may mayn't has hasn't might mightn't had hadn't ...
... Affirmative Negative Affirmative Negative am ( ' m not , an't ) should shouldn't is isn't will won't are was aren't would wouldn't wasn't can can't were weren't could couldn't have haven't may mayn't has hasn't might mightn't had hadn't ...
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... affirmative forms receive different stress treatment in statements and questions , the rules being as follows : Statements . The affirmative forms are normally unstressed , and most of them have weak forms , which are always used in ...
... affirmative forms receive different stress treatment in statements and questions , the rules being as follows : Statements . The affirmative forms are normally unstressed , and most of them have weak forms , which are always used in ...
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... affirmative state- ments , 258 —— , additions to negative state- ments , 259 agreeing with affirmative state- ments , 256 agreeing with negative state- ments , 257 -- , contra - additions to affirmative statements , 259 —— , contra ...
... affirmative state- ments , 258 —— , additions to negative state- ments , 259 agreeing with affirmative state- ments , 256 agreeing with negative state- ments , 257 -- , contra - additions to affirmative statements , 259 —— , contra ...
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adjectives adverbial clause adverbs affirmative afterthought anomalous finite asked break combination Compound Tunes contains contrast conveyed D'you divided double-stressed emphasis emphatic tone English intonation Exclamations express falling element falling tone feeling finished following examples frequently give grammatically hearer High Level Head High Level Tone High Prehead impatience imperative indicate initial Insinuating Statements interrogative word kinetic stress kinetic tones Level Prehead level stresses Lexical stress Low Level Head Low Level Tone manager'll meaning Mixed Reading Practice negative nice normal voice range normally unstressed noun nuclear stress nuclear tone occur partially stressed syllables Particular Questions Perfunctory pitch change pitch position possible preceded prepositions principal verb prominence Pronouns reporting phrase rising element sentence stress sorry speaker speech straightforward statement stressed word suggestion Tag Question tail tense There's tomorrow Tone IV Tune III Tune IIID Undivided Tone usually utterance Variant vocal cords vocative wait