A number of words are NOUNS when you emphasi=
ze the FIRST syllable but become VERBS when you emphasize the SECOND syllab=
le. No change in spelling, just accenting/emphasis. Interesting.
How=
was I 76 years old, a lover of words, and yet nobody ever taught me this? =
Wait. I’m old and must admit someone might have told me this and I=
217;ve just forgotten. Way more common working of my brain now.
PRESent/preSENT
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INsult/inSULT
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SUSpect/susPECT
CONflict/conFLICT
OBj=
ect/obJECT
PROtest/proTEST
CONvert/conVERT
PERmit/perM=
IT
SURvey/surVEY
I susPECT that this is not a “rule” per se, but just a te=
ndency in English. If anyone knows word that are the opposite (first =
syllable emphasis is the VERB and second the NOUN) jump in. My brain is sti=
ll staggering from this revelation.
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Dr Bob Griffin
bob@gr=
if.net ww=
w.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"
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