How many syllables in watch?

Answer 1

There is only one syllable in the word "Watched"

A trick to being able to count syllables is to say the word while clapping. So as you say "Watched" there is only a beat for 1 clap.

But take the word "motor", the first clap is "mo" while you have a second clap in "tor". Therefore the word "motor" has two syllables.

Another way to look at it, is to determine the stressed and unstressed parts of a word. Take our word "motor" again. "Mo" is not the stressed part of the word, but the hard "t" in "tor" is. By counting the stressed and unstressed parts of a word, you can again determine the syllables in a word.

Answer 2

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