Can you help me to check for my mistakes in this exercise of intonation.
Say these pairs of utterances aloud, pausing slightly where marked (/), and see if you can distingguish the differences of meaning in each: a, 1. I like Elizabethan drama and poetry. 2. I like Elizabethan drama / and poetry. My explain: a1: the speaker likes Elizabethan drama and Elizabethan poetry. a2: the speaker likes Elizabethan drama and poetryin general. b, 1. She went to answer the phone hoppefully. 2. She went to answer the phone / hoppefully. My explain: b1: hopefully refers to the way she went. b2: 'hopefully" is the speaker's opinion about the whole sentence. c, 1. We didn't marry him because of his looks. 2. We didn't marry him / because of his looks. My explain: c1: the speaker married him but not for his looks. c2: the speaker didn't marry him and his looks was the main reason. d, 1. The passengers who didn't have tickets / were fined. 2. The passengers / who didn't have tickets / were fined. e, 1. We prefer dancing to music. 2, We prefer dancing / to music.
Please help me with sentences d and e, I can not understand the difference between them. Thank you very much.
Top answer
a1: the speaker likes Elizabethan drama and Elizabethan poetry. -- Right a2: the speaker likes Elizabethan drama and poetry in general. -- Right b1: hopefully refers to the way she went.
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