Zoltán Király Posted 4 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Inflection and conjunctions at beginning of sentence.
Here's a sentence with a conjunction at the beginning:
If you're writing for yourself, it's pure passion.
I read in a book that such sentences usually have a rising inflection on the first part and a falling one on the second. Is that true?
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Zoltán Király I read in a book that such sentences usually have a rising inflection on the first part and a falling one on the second. Is that true? Yes, that seems generally true.
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Zoltán KirályI read in a book that such sentences usually have a rising inflection on the first part and a falling one on the second. Is that true?
Yes, that seems generally true. Play videos in English and listen for this to get a better idea of how that sounds.
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