Part 59 (1/2)

rieve, deceive, conceive, perceive, seize, precede, concede, supersede, recede, argue, rue, construe, woe, pursue

201 Words ending in _-ge, -ce_, or _-se_, retain the _e_ before endings: as,

arrange, arrangee, e, balance, finance, peace, service, ae_ do not retain the _e_ before endings; as, acknowledge, acknowledg__

Si in _y_ preceded by a consonant change _y_ to _i_ before all endings except-_ing_:

busy, bus_iness_, bus_ied_, busy_ing_

Similar are:

duty, mercy, penny, pity, vary, weary, study

204 WORDS OF SIMILAR SOUND:

canvas (cloth) principle (rule) canvass (all s except _cloth_) principal (chief) capitol (a building) stationary (i_) stationery (articles) counsel (advice or an adviser) e) co) coeometrical)

205 MISCELLANEOUS WORDS:

annual laundry schedule aard leisure separate beneficial lenient Spaniard decimal license speak exhilarate mechanical specimen familiarize mediaeval speech fiber enuine in tenement hideous pacified their hundredths phalanx therefore hysterical physique thinnest icicle privilege until irreeance laboratory rarefy visible laid rinse wherein larynx saucer yielding

pronUNCIATION

206 The following list is made up of words that are frequently roups according to the most frequent source of error in their pronunciation

The onlyand short sounds of the vowel

a as in _hate_ i as in _high_ u as in _use_ a as in _hat_ i as in _hit_ u as in _run_

e as in _me_ o as in _old_ oo as in _boot_ e as in _met_ o as in _hop_ oo as in _foot_

When sounds are not otherwise indicated take the sound that coue

207 a AS IN _HATE_:

WORD CORRECT pronUNCIATION alma mater _alma mater_ apparatus _apparatus_ apricot _apricot_ attache _attasha'_ audacious _audashus_ ballet _bal'la_ blase _blaza'_ blatant _blatant_ chasten _chasen_ Cleopatra _Cleopatra_ corahtis_ harem _harem_ or _hahrem_ heinous _hanous_ hiatus _hiatus_ ilezha'_ patron _patron_ protege _protazha'_ resume _razuma'_ tenacious _tenashus_ tomato _tomato_ or _tomahto_ valet _va'la_ or _val'et_ vase _vas, vahz_, or _vaz_ veracious _verashus_ vivacious _vivashus_

208 a AS IN _HAT_:

alternative _alternative_ Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_ arid _ar'id_ asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_ bade _bad_ catch not _ketch_ defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_ dilletante _dilletan'te_ forbade _forbad_ granary _granary_ prograrum_ rapine _rap'in_ rational _rational_ sacrament _sacrament_

209 a AS IN _ARM_:

aunt _ant_ behalf _behaf_ calf _kaf_ calh _laf_ psalm _sam_