221. WORKS CHIEFLY OF FOREIGN p.r.o.nUNCIATION:
WORD CORRECT p.r.o.nUNCIATION bivouac _biv"wak_ charge d"affaires _shar zha"daffar"_ connoisseur _connissur_ dishabille _dis"abil_ ennui _onwe_, not _ongwe_ finale _finah"le_ foyer _fwaya"_ ma.s.sage _masahzh_ nave _nah"ev_ papier mache _papya mahsha_ piquant _pe"kant_ prima facie _prima fa"shie_ pro tempore _pro tem"pore_ regime _razhem"_
222. WORDS OFTEN p.r.o.nOUNCED WITH A WRONG NUMBER OF SYLLABLES:
aerial _aereal_, not _areal_ athlete two sylables, not _ath e lete_ attacked _attakt_, two syllables casualty _kazh"ualte_, not _ality_ conduit _condit_ or _kundit_, not _dooit_ different three syllables, not _diffrunt_ elm not _ellum_ helm not _hel um_ history three syllables, not _histry_ honorable not _honrable_ hygienic _hy gi en" ic_, four syllables interest not _intrust_ interesting not _intrusting_ ivory not _ivry_ omelet not _omlet_ realm not _rellum_ separable not _seprable_ ticklish two syllables, not _tickelish_ valuable _valuable_, not _valuble_ vaudeville _vodvil_ Zeus _zus_, not _zeus_
223. WORDS ACCENTED ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE:
admirable _ad"mirable_ alias _a"lias_ applicable _ap"plicable_ bicycle _bi"sikle_ chastis.e.m.e.nt _chas"tis.e.m.e.nt_ construe _con"strue_ despicable _des"picable_ desultory _des"ultory_ disputant _dis"putant_ exigency _ex"ijency_ explicable _ex"plicable_ exquisite _ex"quisite_ extant _ex"tant_ formidable _for"midable_ Genoa _jen"oa_ gondola _gon"dola_ hara.s.s _har"a.s.s_ hospitable _hos"pitable_ impious _im"pious_, not _imp?ous_ industry _in"dustry_ inventory _in"ventory_ lamentable _lam"entable_ mischievous _mis"chievous_ obligatory _ob"ligatory_ pariah _pa"riah_ peremptory _per"emptory_ preferable _pref"erable_ Romola _Rom"ola_ vehemence _ve"hemence_
224. WORDS ACCENTED ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE:
WORD CORRECT p.r.o.nUNCIATION abdomen _abdo"men_ acclimate _accli"mate_ ac.u.men _acu"men_ alb.u.men _albu"men_ artificer _artif"iser_ bitumen _bitu"men_ chicanery _shika"nery_ ill.u.s.trate _illus"trate_ incognito _inkog"nito_ incomparable _incom"parable_ indisputable _indis"putable_ inexorable _inex"orable_ inexplicable _inex"plicable_ inhospitable _inhos"pitable_ inquiry _inqui"ry_ irrevocable _irrev"ocable_ misconstrue _miscon"strue_ nitrogenous _nitroj"enous_ opponent _oppo"nent_ pianist _pian"ist_ refutable _refut"able_ syllabic _syllab"ic_ telegraphy _teleg"raphy_ vagary _vaga"ry_ Yosemite _yo swm" i te_
225. WORDS ACCENTED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE:
address _address"_ adept _adept"_ adult _adult"_ ally _ally"_ commandant _commandant" (a as in arm)_ contour _contour"_ dessert _dessert"_ dilate _dilate"_ excise _eksiz"_ finance _finance"_ grimace _grimace"_ importune _importune"_ occult _occult"_ pretence _pretence"_ research _research"_ robust _robust"_ romance _romance"_ tirade _tirade"_
226. WORDS WHOSE p.r.o.nUNCIATION DEPENDS ON MEANING:
accent _Accent"_ the first syllable.
Place the _ac"cent_ upon the first syllable.
aged An _a"ged_ man.
Properly _aged_ wine (one syllable).
blessed The _bless"ed_ saints.
Let them be _blessed_ (one syllable).
contrast The strange _con"trast_.
_Contrast"_ the two.
converse Did you _converse"_ with him?
Is the _con"verse_ true?
desert The sandy _des"ert_.
They _desert"_ their friends.
learned He _learned_ (one syllable) to sing.
A _learn ed_ man.
precedent A _prece"dent_ place.
It establishes a _prec"edent_.
project A new _proj"ect_.
To _project"_ from.
GLOSSARY OF MISCELLANEOUS ERRORS
ADMIRE. Do not use _admire_ in the sense of _like_.
Wrong: I should _admire_ to be able to do that.
Right: I should _like_ to be able to do that.
AGGRAVATE. Do not use _aggravate_ in the sense of _irritate_ or _disturb_. _Aggravate_ means _to make worse_.
Wrong: His impudence _aggravates_ me.
Right: His impudence _irritates_ me.
AIN"T. _Ain"t_ and _hain"t_ are never proper as contractions of _am not, is not_, or _are not_.
ALLOW. Do not use _allow_ in the sense of _a.s.sert, say_, or _intend_.
Wrong: He _allowed_ that he had better start. I _allow_ to be back before noon.
Right: He _said_ that he had better start. I _intend_ to be back before noon.
ALLUDE. Do not use _allude_ in the sense of _refer_. To _allude_ to a thing means to refer to it in an indirect way.
Wrong: He _alluded_ by name to John Milton.
Right: He _alluded_ to Milton by the term "Blind Poet."
ANY. Do not use _any_ in the sense of _at all_ or _to any degree_.
Wrong: Because of the injury he can not see _any_.
AS. Do not use _as_ for the relative p.r.o.nouns _who_ and _that_.
Wrong: I am the man _as_ digs your garden. Not _as_ I remember.
Right: I am the man _who_ digs your garden. Not _that_ I remember.
AS. Do not use _as_ in the sense of _since_ or _because_.
Wrong: I cannot come _as_ I am sick now.
Right: I cannot come; I am sick now.
Right: I cannot come _because_ I am sick now.
AT. Do not use _at_ for _in_ with the names of large cities