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But why do we say adverTIZEment and then ADvertise?
At least the British pronunciation is consistent here. AdVERTisement and ADvertise are both stressed on the antepenultimate syllable, which I am told is the preferred position for the stress on longer words, except when it isn't, of course.
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Bean 05/28/2001 12:04 PM Re: Advertise
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