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In terms of pronunciation, the vowel sounds of unstressed syllables of words with 3 or more syllables (even many 2-syllable words) will very often revert to the sound described as 'schwa', which is the neutral vowel sound, somewhat resembling 'uh' or 'ah'. Take the word indefinite. The syllables in the '-finite' part really have neutral vowel sounds, very much unlike the word finite, where the vowel sounds are like 'eye'. This is yet another thing that makes learning English a terror for those who speak languages with very regular pronunciation of vowels.
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What surname has more syllables than consonants in it?
Bailey.
What is the comparative and superlative degree of splendid?
In monosyllabic words, the comparative and the superlative are usually made by adding -er or -est respectively. For two syllables when the word ends in "y," change the "y" to an "i" and add -er and -est. For two syllables not ending in "y" and for words of more than two syllables, regardless of what they end in, the word is preceded by "more" or "most." The word "splendid" is no exception. The comparative is "more splendid," and the superlative is "most splendid."
What states has more than one syllable?
Every state except for Maine (and Guam, if you count US territories) has more then one syllables.
What is the comparative of safe?
Safer Walking is safer than cycling
What does it mean for a syllable to be stressed?
stressed syllables are the syllables within a word that have the most emphasis when spokenfor example:other - the syllable "oth" is stressed and the syllable "er" is not because "er" is pronounced less that "oth"the "er" tends to sound as if it were falling away at the end of the wordcompound words tend to be double stressed because both syllables are pronounced equallyfor examplechildhood- both "child" and "hood" are pronounced fullyyou can tell which syllable is stressed by saying the word naturallyIn words of two syllables or more, at least one of the syllables is usually pronounced with extra emphasis. We can divide syllables into stressed and unstressed categories.
