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| Dan |
 Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:48 am |
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A friend of mine pointed out that his coworkers, my mom, and I have a
tendency in sentences without a clear focus to place heavy emphasis on
the verb. He says that most people he interacts with don't do that.
Does anyone know what gives people this tendency?
Thanks a lot,
Dan |
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| Peter T. Daniels |
| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:17 pm |
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Dan wrote:
[quote:0da4dd062e]A friend of mine pointed out that his coworkers, my mom, and I have a
tendency in sentences without a clear focus to place heavy emphasis on
the verb. He says that most people he interacts with don't do that.
Does anyone know what gives people this tendency?
[/quote:0da4dd062e]
Examples?
Also, as much sociolinguistic information as you're willing to share,
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