Practical Grammar and Composition Part 60

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's.h.i.+e_ 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 _s.h.i.+ka'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