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Good morning! In today’s Happy Monday video, I would like to address two words that my students find very confusing. As usual, I will explain to you the difference between these two words, give you some examples, and a tip or two on how to remember them better. The words are “desert” and “dessert”. These two words not only have different spelling and different meanings, but sometimes you pronounce this word as “dessert”, which is really confusing, But let me explain it to you step by step.
Let’s look at the word with two “s”. This word is pronounced “dessert” and it is a sweet part of a meal, can be an ice-cream, a piece of cake, pudding, etc. The way to remember the spelling with two “s” is to think of a dessert as something sweet. Now, listen to the pronunciation, the stress is on the second syllable. The way to remember where the stress falls is to think that first you eat your meal, and then you have your dessert, likewise the stress is at the end of the word.
Now, the word with one ‘s” can have multiple meanings and multiple pronunciations. One of the meanings of this word as a noun can be “desert”, the stress goes on the first syllable, a place with sands or rocks and not much vegetation, like the Sahara Desert. The way to remember could be to think of a camel. Camels live in the desert, the stress in on the first syllable in the word “camel”.
I hope things are clear until now because now things can get really confusing. The word with one “s” can also be a verb, and you pronounce it “to desert”, just like the word with two “s”. The meaning of the verb “to desert” is to abandon something or someone. From this word, we derive the word “deserted” which is a synonym for abandoned.
Now, let me share with you one sentence with all of the cases that we talked about today. My friend deserted me in the desert because she couldn’t find her favourite dessert. That’s all I had for you today. Hope it was useful. Have a wonderful day and a great week! Bye!
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