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The American English Accent Course - Word Stress in Sentences
We stress content words in sentences. That's nouns, verbs, adjectives, as well as negative forms. A lot of non-native speakers give the same stress to all words within sentences. Varying the stress accurately can help you sound a little bit more like a native speaker. There are more exercises for word stress in sentences and syllable stress in words in the American English accent course if you're interested in that.
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