Foreign
English learners use only strong forms
but English speakers use generally weak
forms. This is why foreigners do not understand nor are understood.
The English
Rhythm is determined by sentence stress. The lexical or content words
are the ones that carry the stress
(nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs), whereas the grammatical words (pronouns, articles, auxiliaries, prepositions
and conjunctions) are generally unstressed.
The use of weak
and strong forms determines rhythm. Foreigners should bear in mind that the schwa [ə] is
the most common vowel sound in English. Many unstressed vowel sounds become schwa.
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