Q. Two sentences are given below: i) It was good you saw her ii) It would have been better if you had seen her The first sentence has six words and the second is longer – it has ten words. But it took almost the same time to say both sentences. Can you make out the reason for that? (Solved)
1. Both sentences have the same number of unstressed syllables
2. Some words are there in both the sentences.
3. Pronoun and articles are same for both the sentences.
4. Both sentences have the same number of stressed syllables.
- d. Both sentences have the same number of stressed syllables.