- \n
- bed<\/strong>room<\/li>\n
- some<\/strong>one<\/li>\n
- pass<\/strong>port<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Compound verbs are usually stressed on the second<\/strong> word in the compound. Here are a few examples.<\/p>\n
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- outsmart<\/strong><\/li>\n
- overestimate<\/strong><\/li>\n
- understand<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In compound adjectives the stress falls on the second part of the compound. Here are some examples of compound adjectives.<\/p>\n
- \n
- even-temp<\/strong>ered<\/li>\n
- out-dated<\/strong><\/li>\n
- over-dressed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You\u2019ll find some hyphenated compound words with prepositions in the middle. Some of these are stressed on the first part of the compound. Examples include:<\/p>\n
- \n
- mother<\/strong>-in-law<\/li>\n
- son<\/strong>-in-law<\/li>\n
- free<\/strong>-for-all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other hyphenated compound words are stressed on the second part of the compound. Examples include:<\/p>\n
- \n
- word-of-mouth<\/strong><\/li>\n
- day-to-day<\/strong><\/li>\n
- side-by-side<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
When in doubt you can always use a paper or online dictionary to find out which part of a word has major stress. Primary stress will be indicated with a bold mark \u02c8.<\/p>\n
The American Heritage Dictionary places the primary stress mark after the stressed syllable but this will vary from dictionary to dictionary.<\/p>\n
Susan Ryan<\/strong> is an American English pronunciation teacher and accent reduction coach. She currently lives in South Florida. Read more articles by Susan at http:\/\/www.confidentvoice.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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- day-to-day<\/strong><\/li>\n
- son<\/strong>-in-law<\/li>\n
- out-dated<\/strong><\/li>\n
- overestimate<\/strong><\/li>\n
- some<\/strong>one<\/li>\n