Incorrectly has 4 syllables and the stress is on the third syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He answered incorrectly. | |
| 2. | He broke the machine by using it incorrectly. | |
| 3. | In informal, everyday speech, the word "literally" is often used incorrectly as an intensifier. | |
| 4. | I still haven't received your e-mail. Perhaps you wrote down my e-mail address incorrectly? | |
| 5. | Tom answered incorrectly. | |
| 6. | If there is one thing history has taught us, it's that we often incorrectly predict the future. | |
| 7. | Vladimir Putin said he had not been misquoted but mistranslated when he had characterized an American presidential nominee as “flamboyant.” A British newspaper had incorrectly translated that word as “brilliant”, and that report misled the candidate into assuming the Russian president had meant brilliant in an intellectual sense — a mistake the paper later corrected. | |
| 8. | If you swim incorrectly the judges will disqualify you. | |
| 9. | You are using the word incorrectly. | |
| 10. | You're using the word incorrectly. |