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InEnglish,wedestressfunctionwordsthatservemostlyagrammaticalpurposeinthesentenceanddont
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4)isthatmylife

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Inthisphrase,thefocusword,whichcarriesthemostmeaningandsignificance,islife,soitwillgetthe
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6)changed
Changedisacontentwordthatcarriesmeaninginthesentence,sowewillsayitniceandclearly.
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Becausethesoundbeforetheedending,a[d]sound,isavoicedconsonant,meaningourvocal
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