Question
In words that can be pronounced two ways, the word is usually a verb when the second syllable is accented.
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GPT-4o mini
True. In English, many words that can be pronounced with two different syllable stresses tend to have one pronunciation that is typically a noun and another that is a verb. When the second syllable is accented, it is often the verb form. For example, "record" (noun: RE-cord, verb: re-CORD).