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Stress mark/help
Message from bobbyrobinson posted on 13-04-2012 at 12:07:44 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you help me please?
Thank you for your answers.

Bear in mind the two sentences below:
1-Tom is a teacher. He teaches English.
2- Tom is a teacher. He is English.
Suppose we want to state the above sentences only in one sentence, i.e. "Tom is an English teacher".
Should we put the STRESS (') on the word ENGLISH or TEACHER for the sentence Number 1?
I mean: (Tom is an 'English teacher) OR (Tom is an English 'teacher).


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Edited by lucile83 on 13-04-2012 14:55

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Re: Stress mark/help from notrepere, posted on 13-04-2012 at 18:11:19 (D | E)
Hello

Tom is an 'English teacher is the correct answer. = Tom is a teacher of English.

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Re: Stress mark/help from gerondif, posted on 15-04-2012 at 19:22:26 (D | E)
Hello,

You put the stress on the first element of a compound noun.
If you stress both elements, then the meaning will be different:

I will put the stressed words in capital letters:

a BLACKbird is a precise bird (turdus merula in Latin), just as a sparrow or an eagle would be specific.

a BLACK BIRD is any kind of bird which happens to be black.

a WALKING stick is what you use to walk when you are old.

a WALKING STICK would be a magical stick that could walk by itself in front of your eyes !

An ENGLISH teacher refers to a job. The person could have any nationality and teach English.

An ENGLISH TEACHER is an English person who teaches what she trained for: French, maths, physics....

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