Rules has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | Rules are rules. | |
| 2. | Native speakers know the rules of their language, but only unconsciously. The linguist's task is to extract those rules and describe them explicitly. | |
| 3. | Systems in which the rules are based on usage, such as languages or customary law, are condemned to become absurd, cumbersome and contradictory, since every time a small error slips into one of their usages, it is integrated into the rules, by definition, for eternity. The more users are ignorant, the more systems degrade rapidly. English, poorly used by millions of people, natives or not, for centuries, is an example of the degradation of a system at terminal stage, no longer presenting any logic, neither in its syntax, nor its grammar, nor its vocabulary or its pronunciation. Similarly, with customary rights becoming too cumbersome and incomprehensible, the states which rely on them tend to switch to prescriptive law. | |
| 4. | All the countries of the world should be governed by the civilized rules of international law and human rights, except for that part of the world called Palestine. There, only Biblical rules should apply to the Palestinians. | |
| 5. | Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it. | |
| 6. | You must act in accordance with the rules. | |
| 7. | You should conform to the rules. | |
| 8. | What you did is against the rules. | |
| 9. | You must conform to the rules. | |
| 10. | Those who violate the rules will be punished. |