84. Wales is a very mountainious country; say, mountainous, and place the accent on moun.
85. Of two evils choose the least; say, the less.
86. Exag'gerate; pronounce exad'gerate, and do not sound agger as in the word dagger, which is a very common mistake.
87. He knows little or nothing of Latin; say, little, if anything, of Latin.
88. He keeps a chaise; pronounce it shaise, and not shay. It has a regular plural, chaises.
88. The drought lasted a long time; pronounce drought so as to rhyme with snout, and not drowth.
90. The man was hung last week; say, hanged; but say, I am fond of hung beef. Hang, to take away life by hanging, is a regular verb.
91. We conversed together on the subject; leave out together, as it is implied in conversed, con being equivalent to with, that is to say, We talked with each other, &c.
92. The affair was compromised; pronounce compromised in three syllables, and place the accent on com, sounding mised like prized. The word has nothing to do with promised. The noun compromise is accented like compromised, but mise must be pronounced mice.
93. A steam-engine; pronounce engine with en as in pen, and not like in, and gine like gin.