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Updated Pitch accent usage overview.md (markdown)

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				Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
			
          @@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ A mora is the shortest unit of length in Japanese phonology. Every open syllable

           Note: a plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae". I will be using the fist version as it's more inline with english plural rules

           ## Phrase

          -A phrase is part of a sentence which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.

          +A phrase is part of a sentence with distinct meanign and gramatical function, which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.

           Let's look at this sentence:

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           山口さんは日本人ですか

          +

           Being very generous one could split this sentence into these separate words

           山口　さん　は　日本人　です　か

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11	11	Note: a plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae". I will be using the fist version as it's more inline with english plural rules
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13	13	## Phrase
14		-A phrase is part of a sentence which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.
	14	+A phrase is part of a sentence with distinct meanign and gramatical function, which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.
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16	16	Let's look at this sentence:
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17	18	山口さんは日本人ですか
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18	20	Being very generous one could split this sentence into these separate words
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20	22	山口　さん　は　日本人　です　か