114. We are going to the zoological gardens; pronounce zoological in five syllables, and place the accent on log in logical. Sound log like lodge, and the first two o's in distinct syllables. Never make zool one syllable.
115. He always preaches extempore; pronounce extempore in four syllables, with the accent on tem, and never in three, making pore to rhyme with sore.
116. Naught and aught; never spell these words nought and ought. There is no such word as nought, and ought is a verb.
117. Allow me to suggest; pronounce sug so as to rhyme with mug, and gest like jest. Never sudjest.
118. The Emperor of Russia is a formidable personage; pronounce formidable with the accent on for, and not on mid, as is often the case.
119. Before the words heir, herb, honest, honor, hostler, hour, humble, and humor, and their compounds, instead of the article a, we make use of an, as the h is not sounded; likewise before words beginning with h that are not accented on the first syllable, such as heroic, historical, hypothesis, &c., as, an heroic action, an historical work, an hypothesis that can scarcely be allowed. N. B. The letter h is seldom mute at the beginning of a word; but from the negligence of tutors and the inattention of pupils many persons have become almost incapable of acquiring its just and full pronunciation. It is, therefore, incumbent on teachers to be particularly careful to inculcate a clear and distinct utterance of this sound.
120. He was such an extravagant young man that he soon spent his whole patrimony; say, so extravagant a young man.
121. I saw the slough of a snake; pronounce slough so as to rhyme with rough.
122. She is quite the lady; say, She is very lady-like in her demeanor.
123. He is seldom or ever out of town; say, seldom, if ever, out of town.