Then his mother, an emergency medical technician, started paying him two cents per word.

Stress is always written and only occurs once per word.

If not, he/she won $100 per word, including the one at the top.

Is the author of this getting paid per word?

Prior to 2002, the maximum base score per word was 110 points.

An expansion allowed more but certainly not over 50, as only ten words could be read from a card (five characters per word).

Somali, for example, may only have one high tone per word.

We pay one-fifty per word, and I'll just need to have you fill out a few tax forms.

There is only one stress per word, and it can fall on any of the last four syllables.

Do the math and this comes to five minutes of waiting per word.