Pronounce:
| ace | not iss, as furnace, not furniss. |
| age | not idge, as cabbage, courage, postage, village. |
| ain, ane | not in, as certain, certane, not certin. |
| ate | not it, as moderate, not moderit. |
| ect | not ec, as aspect, not aspec; subject, not subjec. |
| ed | not id, or ud, as wicked, not wickid, or wickud. |
| el | not l, model, not modl; novel,not novl. |
| en | not n, as sudden, not suddn.—Burden, burthen, garden, lengthen, seven, strengthen, often, and a few others,have the e silent. |
| ence | not unce, as influence, not influ-unce. |
| es | not is, as pleases, not pleasis. |
| ile | should be pronounced il, as fertil, not fertile, in all words except chamomile (cam), exile, gentile, infantile, reconcile and senile, which should be pronounce ile. |
| in | not n, as Latin, not Latn. |
| nd | not n, as husband, not husban, thousand, not thousan. |
| ness | not niss, as carefulness, not carefulniss. |
| ng | not n, as singing, not singin; speaking, not speakin. |
| ngth | not nth, as strength, not strenth. |
| son | the o should be silent; as in treason; tre-zn, not tre-son. |
| tal | not tle, as capital, not capitle; metal, not mettle; mortal, not mortle; periodical; not periodicle. |
| xt | not x, as next, not nex. |
Publication of Banns of Marriage Commenced A.D.1210.
198. Punctuation
Punctuation teaches the method of placing
Points
, in written or printed matter, in such a manner as to indicate the pauses which would be made by the author if he were communicating his thoughts orally instead of by written signs.
Silk First Brought From India A.D. 274.