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How to read "support"
Hello, everyone.
When I was a student, our English teacher taught us that the word "support" could be read in two ways.
If it's a noun then the stress is on the first syllable "support"
If it's a verb then the stress is on the second syllable "support"
I have doubts as people always say "support"
Please, help me to understand which is correct.
Thank you in advance
Sep 14, 2016 5:43 PM
Comments · 3
I am a native speaker (American English), and I have only heard "support".
September 14, 2016
"support" is the only way I have heard it.
September 15, 2016
As a native English speaker I have never actually given thought to this, but thinking about it now there is a slight difference. It's extremely small and no one would notice it if you stressed the wrong vowel. Us native speaker definitely don't notice!
September 15, 2016
