PeleSpirit to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoI pronounce there and their differentlymessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareI pronounce there and their differentlyPeleSpirit to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI wonder if it’s conditioned by word stress. “There” is usually the object of a phrase (and therefore stressed), while “their” usually modifies a following noun that gets the stress instead.
minus-square@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoWhat about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
I wonder if it’s conditioned by word stress. “There” is usually the object of a phrase (and therefore stressed), while “their” usually modifies a following noun that gets the stress instead.
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What about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
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