Forum: English Questions
Jul 25th, 2015, 02:34 pm
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I heard this phrase in a movie: "She's not picking up."
I'm talking about not picking up a phone.
Can someone tell me what "picking up" is in the phrase above? is it a phrasal verb? thank you!
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 12th, 2015, 10:51 am
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 12th, 2015, 10:49 am
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Views: 2,759 level of stress
Hi, here's a phrase: "You can call me Peter." I think that "call" and "Peter" are the stressed words in the phrase. Am I right? If I'm correct the last content word gets the most stress. But if...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 11th, 2015, 06:51 pm
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Views: 2,842 American English Word Stress
Hi, this question: Can I be frank?
phonetically looks like:
kæn aɪ bi fræŋk
Can is a modal verb and it can be reduced:
kən aɪ bi fræŋk
I read this in an American accent book:
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