{"id":183,"date":"2013-07-04T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T11:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2013-08-15T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:40:11","slug":"ment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=183","title":{"rendered":"-ment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a word with this ending is a noun, then usually the pronunciation is <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">m\u0259nt<\/span>\u00a0, unless the last syllable is stressed. Some examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>arrangment = \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u0259\u02c8re\u026and\u0292m\u0259nt<\/span><br \/>\nfulfilment = \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">f\u028al\u02c8f\u026alm\u0259nt<\/span><br \/>\nmonument = <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8m\u0252nj\u0259m\u0259nt<\/span><br \/>\npavement = <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8pe\u026avm\u0259nt<\/span><\/p>\n<p>but<\/p>\n<p>cement = <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">s\u026a\u02c8ment<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If, on the other hand, the word is a verb, then the pronunciation is <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">ment<\/span>. There are a number of noun\/verb pairs which are distinguished by the pronunciation of the ending.<\/p>\n<table width=\"50%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>NOUN<\/td>\n<td>VERB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8k\u0252mpl\u026am\u0259nt<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u02c8<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">k\u0252mpl\u026ament<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8d\u0252kj\u0259m\u0259nt<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u02c8<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">d\u0252kj\u0259ment<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8\u026ampl\u026am\u0259nt<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8\u026ampl\u026ament<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8s\u028cpl\u026am\u0259nt<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8s\u028cpl\u026ament<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-183-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ment.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ment.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ment.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ment.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Annoyingly, or intriguingly, depending on your point of view, the noun <em>torment<\/em> is pronounced <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u02c8t\u0254\u02d0ment<\/span> and the related verb is <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">t\u0254\u02d0\u02c8ment<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the last syllable of my surname is pronounced <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">m\u0259nt<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a word with this ending is a noun, then usually the pronunciation is m\u0259nt\u00a0, unless the last syllable is stressed. Some examples: arrangment = \u00a0\u0259\u02c8re\u026and\u0292m\u0259nt fulfilment = \u00a0f\u028al\u02c8f\u026alm\u0259nt monument = \u02c8m\u0252nj\u0259m\u0259nt pavement = \u02c8pe\u026avm\u0259nt but cement = s\u026a\u02c8ment If, on the other hand, the word is a verb, then the pronunciation is ment. There [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/986"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}