Born and raised in Malaysia between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Educated at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England. Living in the foothills of Mount Etna since 1982 and teaching English at Catania University since 1987.
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Hi Diana. Well, that is true for a number of words such as import, export, increase, decrease, insult, permit, contest etc (maybe I should write an article on this). However, in the case of “report” the stress is on the second syllable whether it is a noun or a verb.
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Thanks a lot.😊
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My pleasure. (I’m preparing an article!) 🙂
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I was quite sure that the stress changed if used as noun or verb.
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Hi Diana. Well, that is true for a number of words such as import, export, increase, decrease, insult, permit, contest etc (maybe I should write an article on this). However, in the case of “report” the stress is on the second syllable whether it is a noun or a verb.
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