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Making Function Words Prominent.
As we have seen, such function words are usually pronounced without any prominence, provided
that we are under normal communicative situations. However, we can make such function words
more prominent in special situations to satisfy a variety of communicative purposes.
Have a look at the following dialogues. As you can notice, there are some words in bold.
Underline the lexical units that are likely to be more prominent. And then try to practice them by
reading it aloud as fast as you can. Remember that intonation goes intimately related to fluency.
The more fluent you are then the more natural you sound and less communicative problems you
encounter.
Dialogue # One
A: Do you know of any good restaurants in here?
B: Well, I havent been here for some years, but there used to be
some very good ones. The Sartn Loca was the place to eat local
food.
A: Mmm. I do like trying local food.
B: But Im sure any of the restaurants here will be good.

Dialogue # Two
A: Try turning the tap off.
B: I have tried turning it, but its stuck.
A: Did you ask anyone for help?
B: No. Look, why dont you try?
A: Okay. Hmmm. There must be some way of doing it.
B: I did tell you it was stuck.
A: There. It just needed some power! Anyone could have done it!