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In sentences, patterns of stress are determined by complex combinations of influences that can only be suggested here.
In the tune to which this hymn is most often sung, `` Boylston '', the syllables have and fy, ending their lines, have twice the time any other syllables have.
Dominant stress is of course more than extended duration, and normally centers on syllables that would have primary stress or phrase stress if the words or longer units they are parts of were spoken alone: a dominant stress given to glorify would normally center on its first syllable rather than its last.
From the point of view of syntactic analysis the head word in the statement is the predicator has broken, and from the point of view of meaning it would seem that the trouble centers in the breaking ; ;
In small-town people are very friendly dominant stress will generally be on the complement very friendly ; ;
in the double sentence the smaller the town, the friendlier the people it will generally be on the subjects the town and the people.
Dominant stress is on her luggage both in that's her luggage, where her luggage is the complement, and in there's her luggage, where it is the subject.
Adverbial second complements, however, are likely not to have dominant stress when they terminate sentences.
Is George put the cat out, dominant stress will ordinarily be on the first complement, the cat, not the second complement out.
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