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Stress in “possible to sound”

sound if it's possible to sound so I noticed the stress here POS first syllable is stress to sound I notice that has stress too if it's possible to sound the word two is definit...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Sounding like a native speakerSubtitles: en

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to

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sound if it's possible to sound so I

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noticed the stress here

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POS first syllable is stress to sound I

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notice that has stress too if it's

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possible to sound the word two is

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definitely reduced to the schah so I may

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Mark that so I don't forget to reduce it

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possible to

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sound if it's if it's here's another

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case where one word ends in a consonant

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sound the next word begins with a vowel

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sound iFit if it's and I do definitely

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hear those connecting together if it's

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possible to

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sound a lot of people ask me if it's

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possible to sound like a native speaker

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like a native speaker I notice my voice

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goes up at the end here

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speaker that's because the sentence

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isn't over the next word is if I also

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notice the stress is is big

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small big

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small big

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small like a native speaker dat da

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dat

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