... Rules of word stress in English I. Rules of Word Stress in English There are two very simple rules about word stress: 1. One word has only one stress. 2. We can only stress vowels, ... ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gy: e.g: deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogy– Words ending in -al: e.g: CRItical, geoLOGical5. Từ ghép– For compound nouns, the stress is on the ... compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part: e.g: bad-TEMpered, old-FASHioned– For compound verbs, the stress is on the second part: e.g: to underSTAND, to overFLOWThere are two very...