The fourth progressive reader

by Anonymous

ARTICULATION.

DIRECTIONS AND EXERCISES.

I. Avoid suppressing any syllable or part of a syllable.

Do not say:

fat-t’l	for	fa-tal
met’l	”	met-al
cap’n	”	cap-tain
firm’ment	”	firm-a-ment
reg’lar	”	reg-u-lar
trav’ler	”	trav-el-er
des’late	”	des-o-late
bar-r’l	”	bar-rel
ev’ry	”	ev-e-ry
his-t’ry	”	his-to-ry
sev’ral	”	sev-e-ral
b’lief	”	be-lief
flut’ring	”	flut-ter-ing
mem’ry	”	mem-o-ry
par-tic’lar	”	par-tic-u-lar
read-in’	”	read-ing
writin’	”	writ-ing
speak-in’	”	speak-ing
walk-in’	”	wal-king
mor-nin’	”	morn-ing
sli-din’	”	slid-ing
shavin’	”	sha-ving
laughin’	”	laugh-ing
fight-in’	”	fight-ing
com-man’s	”	com-mands
con-si’s	”	con-sists
gov-er’-ment	”	gov-ern-ment
Feb’-u-ary	”	Feb-ru-ary
an’	”	and
groun’	”	ground
boun’	”	bound
wa’m-er	”	warm-er
ha’m-less	”	harm-less

II. Avoid substituting one sound for another. Do not say:

vir-too or vir-tshoo	for	vir-tue (yu)
lec-ter or lec-tshoor	”	lec-ture (yūr)
ed-i-cate or ed-ju-cate	”	ed-u-cate (yu)
fea-tur or fea-tshoor	”	feat-ure (yūr)
mois-ter or mois-tshoor	”	mois-ture (yūr)
mix-ter or mix-tsher	”	mix-ture (yūr)
ves-ter or ves-tshure	”	ves-ture (yūr)
stat-er or stat-chur	”	stat-ure (yūr)
as-soom or as-shoom	”	as-sume (yume)
pur-soot or pur-shoot	”	pur-suit (yute)
chil-drin or child-er-en	”	child-ren
fear-luss or fear-liss	”	fear-less
win-e-gar	”	vin-e-gar
con-clood	”	con-clude (yude)

III. Avoid adding to, or taking from the sound of the word.

Do not say:

wil-ler	for	wil-low
fel-ler	”	fel-low
win-der	”	win-dow
wid-er	”	wid-ow
pil-ler	”	pil-low
hol-ler	”	hol-low
fol-ler	”	fol-low
Ma-ri-ar	”	Ma-ri-a
Sav-an-ar	”	Sav-an-ah
tub-ac-cur	”	to-bac-co
croc-er-dile	”	croc-o-dile
hold	”	old
hart	”	art
high	”	eye
griev-ious (yus)	”	griev-ous
hein-ious	”	hein-ous
wen	”	when
ware	”	where
witch	”	which
all	”	hall
appy	”	happy
wile	”	while
wit	”	whit
wine	”	whine
wey	”	whey
wit	”	whit
ay	”	hay
elp	”	help
aft	”	haft
ose	”	hose
ire	”	higher
wist	”	whist
wy	”	why

IV. Avoid pronouncing words alike which are not precisely alike. Do not say:

ac-cess	for	ex-cess
fish-er	”	fis-sure
al-tar	”	al-ter
gent-le	”	gen-tile
mare	”	may-or
e-lis-ion	”	e-ly-sian
bar-on	”	bar-ren
e-merge	”	im-merge
em-i-grant	”	imˊ-mi-grant
im-pos-tor	”	im-pos-ture
ac-cede	”	ex-ceed
e-lic-it	”	il-lic-it
af-fect	”	ef-fect
can-did	”	cand-ied
ap-pos-ite	”	op-pos-ite
as-sist-ance	”	as-sist-ants
cease	”	seize
cauf	”	cough
cen-sus	”	sen-ses
cents	”	sense.

[See exercises on these and similar words in the author’s “Columbian Spelling Book.”]

V. Avoid blending the end of a word with the beginning of the next. Do not confound—

A nice house,	with	An ice house.
False sights,	”	False heights.
The darkest hour,	”	The darkest tower.
It strikes with an awe,	”	It strikes with a naw.
My heart was awed,	”	My heart was sawed.
A notion of sweetness,	”	An ocean of sweetness.
There was a great error,	”	There was a great terror.
My brothers ought to go,	”	My brother sought to go.
He walked in fields of ice,	”	He walked in fields of vice.
Wastes and deserts,	”	Waste sand deserts.
Look on this spot,	”	Look on this pot.
Goodness centers in the heart,	”	Goodness enters in the heart.
Luxurious soil,	”	Luxurious oil.
Chaste stars,	”	Chased tars.
Such a notion exists,	”	Such an ocean exists.
To obtain either,	”	To obtain neither.
His cry moved me,	”	His crime moved me.
The same arrow,	”	The same marrow.