Dear all,
Can anyone say more about the origin of or reason why nouns get their stress on the first syllable and verbs on the second in words that can be either?
I just scratched my new REcord.
I need a camera to reCORD this.
Here is your Christmas PREsent.
Here to preSENT the award for outstanding actor is...
Does this happen in other languages or just English? Is this even a consistent pattern in English? Is JL even around any more?
David Savory
Vancouver
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