PeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI pronounce there and their differentlymessage-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareI pronounce there and their differentlyPeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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.
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minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
minus-squarePeleSpirit@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agodeleted by creator
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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