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14 January
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What does Do you know the purpose of this stress (lower tone?) mean?
What does Do you know the purpose of this stress (lower tone?) mean?

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14 January
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PERpenDIcular
It means that you stress/ focus on the 1st syllable PER and 3rd DI.
E.g
Yellow: YELlow
Finance: FInance
Time: TIme
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- English (US)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
PERpenDIcular
It means that you stress/ focus on the 1st syllable PER and 3rd DI.
E.g
Yellow: YELlow
Finance: FInance
Time: TIme
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