Errors to be Corrected.
To TEACHERS.--In the following exercises, the more common errors in
articulation and pronunciation are denoted. The letters in italics are not
silent letters, but are thus marked to point them out as the
representatives of sounds which are apt to be defectively articulated,
omitted, or incorrectly sounded.
A
Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
Fa-t fa-tal Sep-er-ate sep-a-rate
reel re-al temp-per-unce tem-per-ance
ras-cul ras-cal up-pear ap-pear
crit-ic-ul crit-ic-al tem-per-it tem-per-ate
test'ment tes-ta-ment mod-er-it med-er-ate
firm'ment fir-ma-ment in-ti-mit int-ti-mate
E
Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
Ev'ry ev-er-y sev'ral sev-er-al
b'lief be-lief prov-i-dunce prov-i-dence
pr'vail pre-vail ev-i-dunce ev-i-dence
r'tain re-tain si-lunt si-lent
trav'ler trav-el-er mon-u-munt mon-u-ment
flut'ring flut-ter-ing con-ti-nunt con-ti-nent
tel'scope tel-e-scope con-fi-dunt con-fi-dent
I
Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
D'rect di-rect rad'cal rad-i-cal
d'spose dis-pose sal'vate sal-i-vate
van'ty van-i-ty can'bal can-ni-bal
ven-t'late ven-ti-late mount'n moun-tain
ju-b'lee ju-bi-lee fount'n foun-tain
rid-cule rid-i-cule vill'ny vil-lain-y
O
Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
Des'late des-o-late rhet-er-ic rhet-o-tic
hist'ry his-to-ry in-ser-lent in-so-lent
mem'ry mem-o-ry croc-ud-ile croc-o-dile
col'ny col-o-ny com-prum-ise com-pro-mise
ag'ny ag-o-ny anch-ur-ite an-cho-rite
balc'ny bal-co-ny cor-per-al cor-po-ral
ob-s'lete ob-so-lete ob-luq-quy ob-lo-quy
wil-ler wil-low or-ther-dox or-tho-dox
wid-der wid-ow cun-di-tion con-di-tion
pil-ler pil-low pus-i-tion po-si-tion
mead-er mead-ow tug-eth-er to-geth-er
fel-ler fel-low put-a-ter po-ta-to
win-der win-dow tub-ac-cur to-bac-co
U
The most common mistake in the sound of u occurs in words of the following
kind: as, crea-ter or crea-choor, for crea-ture; nat-er or na- choor for
na-ture, etc.