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Word stress in American English. The ITY ending
for nouns does change stress.
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In the word: responsible. ‘-spon’ is the stressed
syllable. But in responsibility,
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it's ‘-bil’. So, stress changes for the ITY
ending. It's always the syllable before the
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ending, that is, the third syllable from the
end, that will be stressed. So we have real,
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but reality. Reality. We have able, but
ability. Agile.’A-’ becomes agility.
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Responsible. Responsibility. Real.
Reality. Able. Ability. Agile. Agility.
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