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I think that they meant the syllable that the accent is on. HARE-ə-tic vs. hare-ET-ic.
by khedoros1 9y ago
I think that they meant the syllable that the accent is on. HARE-ə-tic vs. hare-ET-ic.
- jobigoud 9y agoI would put the emphasis on the second syllable, like for magnetic. Is this incorrect? I'm a non native speaker.
- NeoBasilisk 9y agoAs a native US English speaker, it sounds far more natural to put the emphasis on the first syllable.
- khedoros1 9y agoA light emphasis on the first syllable would be correct. It shifts to the second syllable in a word like "heretical" (he-RET-i-cal). Webster's dictionary and Wiktionary seem to agree. Oxford would be authoritative for English itself, but I don't have access to that.