- Penultimate Law: stress falls on the penult syl if the latter is heavy; otherwise on the antepenult syl.
- heavy = CVCC, CVVC; light = CV, CVC
- light: arrogant, belligerent, benevolent, decadent, fumigant, percipient, permanent, reticent, significant
- light: subsequent, 'consequent
- light: con'stituent (constrast the above)
- heavy cluster: absorbent, abundant, astringent, correspondent, convergent, insistent, malignant, reluctant
- heavy sc: acquiescent, quiescent, incandescent, luminescent, florescent, effervescent, coalescent
- heavy po: component, exponent, opponent, potent, impotent, idempotent
- 'pla complacent
- heavy ar: apparent, transparent
- heavy rr: ab'horrent, aberrent, recurrent, deterrent, concurrent, susurrant
- heavy ll: ap'pellant
- heavy: defiant
- 'Protestant
- a'dja-cent
- heavy ss: in'cessant
this is where the shit hits the fan, where the pedal hits the metal and where the rubber hits the road.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
-ent, -ant
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