Question

State the rules to determine the location of the primary stress in each of the following words:
1. generosity 2. economical
3. application 3. millionaire
5. aloud

Answer 1

generosity and economical - 'ro and 'no resp

Rule - ords that end in ty, phy, gy, cy and al have the third from the last syllable stressed

millionaire - 'aire

Three syllable words have the final syllable stressed

application -  'ca

Words ending in sion, tion, and ic have second last syllable stressed.

aloud - 'loud

In compound verbs and adverbs, second part is stressed