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?

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Both sentences have the same number of stressed syllables.

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?

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