The word in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
My uncle retired from the POLICE?
A
Did your brother resign from the police?
B
Did your sister resign from the police?
C
Did your uncle retire from the army?
D
Did your brother retire from the police?
Verified Correct Answer: C.
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Emphatic stress places greater stress on a particular word or phrase in a sentence or utterance. In this case, the stress is placed on the word "POLICE". The rule for empathic stress questions is to select the question that has a word that is different from the emphasized word or word in capital letters. Option C does not have "police" in it. Rather, it has "army". Therefore, option C is the answer to this question.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #11641)