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The stress difference on cushion is there, but it's very faint. Absent and recap aren't really ever used as direct verbs that I've heard. E.g. "I am going to b
by dqv 5y ago
The stress difference on cushion is there, but it's very faint. Absent and recap aren't really ever used as direct verbs that I've heard.
E.g. "I am going to be absent" and "I am going to recap you on this" (or really the more natural "I'll give you a recap" where it is not used as a verb at all) is the most common form I hear in the US
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- richardw 5y ago“Let’s recap”?
- dqv 5y agoIt honestly sounds weird because it's not a word I use. I can't tell if 'rihcap' would sound right or not. "Review" is more in my purview.
- jeremysalwen 5y ago"After this commercial break, we will recap the games from today, and discuss what we can expect going into tomorrow" You can find more examples on ludwig.guru, for example.
- stan_rogers 5y agoThe version of recap that has verb stress means to cap again. The shortened version of recapitulate ordinarily takes the stress on the first syllable. As for absent as a verb, it's rarely used in the present tense, though absented isn't all that uncommon ("I absented myself.").