syllable
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Syllable by syllable, each actor may well be speaking authentic Philadelphian, but strung together all the accents become inconsistent, hard to understand and silly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2014
Syllable by syllable, it transported me back to the city where I spent my 20s and developed a perverse love for the broad “a” and the tough-sounding transmutation of “the” into “duh.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2013
Lastly, When the Accent is on the 6th Syllable of the Verse, the Pause will be either at the same Syllable, or at the 7th.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
The Comparative raises or lowers the Positive in Signification, and is formed of the Positive by adding the Syllable er; as long longer, short shorter, often oftener.
From A Short System of English Grammar For the Use of the Boarding School in Worcester (1759) by Bate, Henry
An Appoggiatura cannot be made on an unaccented Syllable.
From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest
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Reading: Literature - Introductory
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