Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.

demarcation

  • A demarCAtion
  • B DEmarcation
  • C deMARcation
  • D demarcaTION

The correct answer is A. demarCAtion

Words ending with ''tion'' are stressed on the syllable before the ''tion''. Hence demarcation would be stressed as;
de-mar-CA-tion

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