Monday, November 15, 2010

-utive (spl. -tive)

in-dic-a-tive (antepenult)

e-'xec-u-tive
con-'sec-u-tive
a-'ttrib-u-tive
di-'strib-u-tive
re-sol-u-tive
di'min-u-tive
re'trib-u-tive

In the above, u sounds like "ya"

in-'duc-tive (consonant cluster shifted the stress to penult)

executive, consecutive, retributive, distributive, attributive, resolutive, diminutive

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