Agreed. A native English speaker (American at least) would likely say
"I do take care to accent my words." As written, the original sentence
is unfinished since I don't believe that accentuate would be used like
this without an object following. Furthermore, you would not say "I
take care to accentuate my words" since that would have a much different
connotation.
I sure am glad that I haven't had to learn English as a non-native speaker.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Manuel Viet wrote:
>
>>......, but funnily, when I meet native english
>>speakers now, they've got a much harder time guessing where I'm from. I've
>>heard everything from Australia to Scotland along with Canada and Wales, but
>>when I say 'french' that comes as a big surprise because unlike others I do
>>take care to accentuate.
>
> "...accentuate the positive, eliminate the native, and don't mess with
> Mr. in-between."
>
> Your written English is very good, and my skills at languages other than
> English are abysmal. Yet I hope I may be helping when I point out that
> the usage of "accentuate" in your last sentence is not a way I would
> ever use it. It may be dictionary correct, but my guess is that
> virtually no native English speaker would use it that way.
>
> Moose
>
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