stammer

Object

• something: She heard him stammer auction seller something about the escape of the mice; she heard him asking her pardon.
• therapy: I never managed to experience this form of stammering therapy.
• note: The stammering course notes are $ 43.00 or £ 25.00 and are available as either an electronic e-book or in paper format.
• apology: I began to stammer an apology, but he suddenly smiled, grabbed my hand and began pumping it.
• child: Last but not least, most of the work involves the Michael Palin center for stammering children and City University's COMPASS center.
• excuse: He stammered some excuses, counted out the sum, and saw his hateful visitors depart.

Converse of object

• overcome: At the age of 22 to improve my quality of life, I decided I had to overcome the stammer.
• have: I had a stammer for many years, however applying the speech rules I learned on your course have helped me to achieve fluency.

Adjective modifier

• slight: Despite his slight stammer, each type of software showed the potential to be able to turn his speech into text equally well.
• bad: Gareth Paul Gates captured the hearts nation with his singing voice, well actually it was mainly because he had a really bad stammer.
• nervous: Reverend Neville Greystone was a young chap with a slight nervous stammer.
• terrible: But you try telling someone who has a terrible stammer and has just found speech, not to speak!

Modifying Another Word

• only: He could only stammer out: " My brother is dead.
• then: Variation: if you want to focus attention on the pronunciation of a vowel, then stammer when these come up.
• not: Then, at a second stage, the thought, " I do not stammer " can be introduced.
• forth: Then you would manage to stammer forth the confession that you were neither a doctor nor a dentist.
• severely: Aim to build self-esteem so the pupil manages his/her speaking with confidence, even when stammering severely.
• slightly: At any rate, we knew that he stammered slightly.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: He could only stammer out: " My brother is dead.

Used with why or when

• when: Rhymes and singing may help a child to achieve fluency - many children do not stammer when they sing.